god_n give_v no_o increase_n they_o expect_v no_o tithe_n at_o all_o but_o it_o be_v easy_a to_o perceive_v what_o he_o mean_v by_o increase_n by_o his_o add_v or_o the_o husbandman_n have_v nothing_o grow_v there_o be_v some_o difference_n sure_a between_o increase_n and_o have_v something_o grow_v he_o that_o sow_v ten_o bushel_n of_o seed_n in_o a_o field_n and_o receive_v but_o eight_o again_o which_o that_o it_o often_o prove_v so_o many_o man_n to_o their_o loss_n know_v to_o be_v true_a be_v far_o enough_o from_o have_v increase_n when_o he_o decrease_v two_o in_o ten_o yet_o such_o be_v the_o conscience_n of_o these_o priest_n that_o they_o will_v have_v the_o tithe_n of_o that_o crop_n though_o they_o see_v apparent_o there_o be_v not_o only_o no_o profit_n or_o increase_n but_o a_o certain_a loss_n and_o decrease_v even_o of_o the_o seed_n beside_o all_o the_o husbandman_n other_o charge_n and_o pain_n so_o that_o it_o be_v not_o as_o the_o priest_n say_v if_o god_n give_v no_o increase_n that_o they_o expect_v no_o tithe_n at_o all_o but_o if_o there_o be_v a_o utter_a and_o total_a decrease_n if_o the_o husbandman_n have_v nothing_o grow_v i._n e._n if_o there_o be_v nothing_o at_o all_o for_o they_o to_o have_v than_o they_o expect_v nothing_o but_o if_o there_o be_v any_o thing_n at_o all_o if_o the_o husbandman_n have_v anything_o grow_v though_o never_o so_o little_a if_o his_o loss_n be_v never_o so_o great_a and_o he_o reap_v â—ot_n again_o the_o one_o half_a of_o what_o he_o sow_v and_o clear_o lose_v the_o other_o half_a with_o all_o his_o charge_n and_o labour_n yet_o will_v the_o priest_n make_v his_o loss_n so_o much_o the_o great_a by_o take_v from_o he_o the_o ten_o part_n of_o that_o 〈◊〉_d crop_v he_o haâ—_n and_o have_v the_o face_n when_o he_o have_v do_v to_o look_v the_o poor_a man_n in_o the_o face_n and_o tell_v he_o thâ—s_a 〈◊〉_d according_a to_o st._n paul_n rule_n but_o long_o enough_o may_v the_o priest_n say_v so_o before_o any_o wise_a man_n will_v believe_v he_o §16_n in_o his_o next_o section_n pag._n 196._o he_o allege_v 〈◊〉_d my_o argument_n for_o take_v away_o tithe_n tend_v to_o destroy_v hospital_n and_o donation_n to_o the_o poor_a which_o supposition_n in_o my_o forme_a book_n i_o have_v deny_v and_o disprove_v by_o several_a reason_n one_o whereof_o he_o after_o his_o imperfect_a manner_n of_o quote_v thus_o set_v down_o because_o in_o that_o of_o the_o poor_a there_o be_v a_o settlement_n of_o certain_a land_n in_o which_o the_o donor_n have_v a_o legal_a property_n at_o the_o time_n of_o the_o gift_n but_o in_o the_o increase_n of_o the_o occupier_n stock_n he_o that_o give_v tithe_n neither_o have_v nor_o never_o can_v have_v a_o property_n and_o therefore_o no_o power_n to_o give_v this_o be_v the_o reason_n as_o he_o have_v maim_v it_o but_o in_o my_o book_n it_o stand_v thus_o in_o that_o of_o the_o poor_a there_o be_v a_o certain_a settlement_n of_o land_n and_o tenement_n in_o which_o it_o be_v to_o be_v suppose_v the_o donor_n have_v a_o legal_a property_n or_o of_o which_o he_o be_v actual_o seize_v at_o the_o time_n of_o the_o gift_n but_o in_o the_o case_n of_o tithe_n here_o be_v no_o gift_n of_o land_n and_o tenement_n but_o of_o the_o increase_n grow_v and_o arise_v through_o and_o by_o reason_n of_o the_o labour_n care_n industry_n and_o stock_n of_o the_o occupier_n which_o he_o that_o give_v the_o tithe_n neither_o have_v noâ—_n can_v have_v any_o property_n in_o nor_o be_v or_o can_v be_v actual_o seize_v of_o and_o therefore_o have_v no_o power_n to_o give_v this_o reason_n be_v firm_a and_o solid_a and_o will_v endure_v a_o shock_n and_o i_o observe_v that_o though_o he_o have_v peel_a it_o as_o much_o as_o he_o can_v and_o bring_v it_o in_o too_o with_o a_o scornful_a forsooth_o yet_o he_o be_v quick_o content_v to_o leave_v it_o and_o take_v up_o one_o of_o his_o old_a note_n for_o he_o immediate_o say_v pag._n 197._o we_o have_v note_v before_o that_o by_o his_o rule_n frame_v against_o tithe_n all_o donation_n make_v by_o papist_n on_o consideration_n of_o merit_v and_o expiate_v their_o sin_n thereby_o be_v void_a and_o this_o will_v destroy_v a_o great_a many_o of_o these_o hospital_n and_o gift_n to_o the_o poor_a that_o be_v not_o the_o consequent_a of_o my_o agument_n against_o tithe_n but_o a_o inference_n of_o his_o own_o make_v to_o shelter_v tithe_n under_o all_o donation_n make_v by_o papist_n be_v not_o void_a because_o some_o be_v the_o donation_n of_o tithe_n be_v design_v to_o uphold_v and_o maintain_v a_o worship_n and_o ministry_n that_o be_v false_a and_o antichristian_a but_o donation_n to_o hospital_n for_o the_o sustenance_n of_o the_o poor_a have_v no_o such_o intendment_n the_o papist_n as_o i_o observe_v before_o chap._n 4._o sect_n 12._o in_o their_o â—ivil_a and_o politic_a capacity_n do_v many_o thing_n well_o and_o commendable_o but_o what_o they_o do_v in_o their_o religious_a capacity_n be_v stark_a nought_o but_o he_o say_v ibid._n by_o my_o own_o confession_n all_o hospital_n endow_v out_o of_o tithe_n and_o all_o gift_n to_o the_o poor_a grant_v out_o of_o tithe_n for_o perpetuity_n be_v void_a what_o then_o if_o man_n will_v give_v that_o which_o belong_v not_o to_o they_o the_o fault_n be_v in_o themselves_o though_o charity_n be_v a_o excellent_a virtue_n yet_o it_o may_v not_o patronize_v â—njustice_n nor_o indeed_o be_v that_o to_o be_v account_v charity_n which_o be_v repugnant_a to_o justice_n now_o if_o the_o donor_n of_o tithe_n â—ad_a no_o power_n nor_o right_a to_o make_v such_o perpetual_a donation_n of_o tithe_n as_o be_v now_o claim_v but_o that_o such_o donation_n do_v violate_v the_o right_n of_o other_o as_o in_o my_o former_a book_n i_o have_v argue_v at_o large_a pag._n 323_o 324_o 325_o 338_o 339_o 341._o and_o also_o in_o this_o chap._n 5._o sect._n 5._o then_o may_v not_o any_o pretence_n of_o charity_n be_v urge_v to_o justify_v such_o violation_n athird_n sort_n he_o say_v ibid._n of_o these_o charitable_a donation_n consist_v of_o perpetual_a rent-charge_n and_o certain_a sum_n of_o money_n to_o be_v pay_v yearly_o forever_o out_o of_o the_o profit_n of_o some_o certain_a estate_n now_o he_o say_v the_o occupier_n of_o the_o land_n thus_o charge_v must_v sell_v such_o part_n of_o the_o profit_v produce_v by_o their_o labour_n sweat_v stock_n skill_n and_o industry_n and_o when_o it_o be_v turn_v into_o money_n â—ust_z pay_v it_o entire_o to_o the_o poor_a etc._n etc._n pag._n 198._o this_o he_o will_v make_v a_o parallel_a case_n to_o tithe_n but_o it_o be_v not_o as_o i_o have_v already_o show_v chap._n 5._o sect._n 5._o for_o this_o rent-charge_n do_v not_o lie_v upon_o the_o stock_n nor_o upon_o the_o occupier_n unless_o he_o be_v proprietor_n of_o the_o land_n or_o by_o particular_a contract_n with_o the_o proprietor_n have_v take_v it_o upon_o himself_o but_o it_o lie_v upon_o the_o land_n be_v charge_v thereon_o by_o he_o that_o be_v then_o actual_o seize_v of_o the_o land_n or_o have_v at_o that_o time_n a_o legal_a property_n therein_o and_o the_o burden_n descend_v with_o the_o inheritance_n the_o heir_n be_v fain_o to_o undertake_v the_o burden_n because_o he_o can_v else_o enjoy_v the_o land_n but_o the_o tenant_n who_o occupies_n this_o land_n and_o employ_v his_o stock_n upon_o it_o be_v no_o way_n at_o all_o concern_v in_o this_o payment_n because_o it_o go_v out_o of_o the_o rent_n unless_o it_o be_v otherwise_o provide_v by_o private_a agreement_n between_o the_o landlord_n and_o he_o but_o there_o be_v no_o proportion_n between_o tithe_n and_o this_o for_o tithe_n be_v a_o burden_n lie_v upon_o the_o stockâ—_n which_o the_o donor_n of_o tithe_n be_v not_o actual_o seize_v of_o nor_o have_v a_o legal_a property_n in_o and_o go_v not_o out_o of_o the_o rent_n but_o out_o of_o the_o stock_n and_o the_o landlord_n be_v not_o concern_v in_o it_o but_o the_o tenant_n and_o if_o the_o proprietor_n occupy_v the_o land_n himself_o it_o be_v by_o reason_n of_o the_o stock_n he_o use_v upon_o the_o land_n that_o he_o payâ—_n tithe_n not_o by_o reason_n of_o the_o land_n for_o if_o he_o have_v the_o land_n in_o his_o hand_n and_o have_v no_o stock_n upon_o it_o but_o let_v it_o lie_v and_o make_v no_o profit_n of_o it_o he_o have_v no_o tithe_n to_o pay_v for_o the_o land_n though_o if_o at_o the_o same_o time_n he_o employ_v his_o stock_n any_o other_o way_n he_o be_v liable_a to_o pay_v tithe_n of_o the_o profit_n of_o his_o stock_n but_o though_o he_o make_v no_o profit_n of_o his_o land_n at_o all_o yet_o the_o rent-charge_n he_o must_v pay_v the_o priest_n say_v he_o know_v a_o estate_n of_o
forty_o pound_n per_fw-la annum_fw-la charge_v with_o the_o payment_n of_o ten_o pound_n per_fw-la annum_fw-la forever_o to_o the_o poor_a suppose_v the_o utmost_a profit_n of_o that_o estate_n shall_v some_o year_n through_o ill_a season_n blast_n or_o other_o accident_n fall_v under_o ten_o pound_n shall_v the_o owner_n be_v excuse_v from_o pay_v ten_o pound_n if_o not_o he_o may_v see_v thereby_o that_o the_o charge_n lie_v upon_o the_o land_n not_o upon_o the_o profit_n for_o what_o if_o the_o owner_n make_v no_o profit_n at_o all_o that_o will_v not_o destroy_v the_o rent-charge_n if_o he_o can_v improve_v his_o forty_o pound_n a_o year_n to_o a_o hundred_o he_o shall_v pay_v but_o ten_o pound_n out_o and_o if_o he_o shall_v make_v less_o than_o ten_o pound_n of_o it_o yet_o ten_o â—_z he_o must_v pay_v this_o show_v it_o to_o be_v of_o a_o quite_o different_a nature_n from_o tithe_n and_o therefore_o not_o as_o the_o priest_n suggest_v in_o any_o danger_n of_o be_v destroy_v by_o the_o downfall_n of_o tithe_n have_v now_o remove_v the_o priest_n objection_n and_o â—leared_v my_o argument_n against_o tithe_n from_o be_v destructive_a of_o rent-charge_n and_o other_o sum_n of_o money_n give_v to_o relieve_v the_o poor_a i_o can_v but_o take_v notice_n of_o the_o seem_a compassion_n the_o priest_n show_v of_o the_o poor_a and_o the_o care_n he_o pretend_v to_o have_v of_o their_o right_n and_o consider_v withal_o how_o great_a a_o self-interestâ—â—es_a â—â—es_z at_o the_o bottom_n it_o bring_v to_o my_o remembrance_n the_o story_n of_o judas_n joh._n 12._o 3_o 4_o 5._o and_o the_o account_n the_o holy_a penman_n give_v of_o he_o ver_fw-la 6._o viz._n this_o he_o say_v not_o that_o he_o care_v for_o the_o poor_a but_o because_o etc._n etc._n §17_n the_o next_o thing_n the_o priest_n quarrel_n with_o be_v a_o position_n he_o say_v of_o i_o that_o tithe_n be_v a_o great_a burden_n than_o rent_n this_o he_o pretend_v to_o take_v out_o of_o pag._n 343._o of_o my_o book_n in_o which_o there_o be_v no_o such_o possible_o he_o may_v deduce_v it_o from_o my_o argument_n in_o that_o place_n but_o then_o he_o shall_v have_v so_o represent_v it_o and_o not_o have_v call_v it_o my_o position_n the_o truth_n be_v the_o position_n be_v in_o itself_o so_o 〈◊〉_d save_v that_o it_o seem_v to_o make_v rent_n a_o burden_n which_o simple_o they_o be_v not_o that_o i_o can_v but_o like_v and_o defend_v it_o though_o i_o blame_v his_o overforward_a and_o unwelcome_a boldness_n in_o make_v position_n for_o i_o but_o hear_v what_o he_o say_v to_o this_o position_n of_o his_o own_o make_n pag._n 199._o it_o will_v seem_v a_o paradox_n that_o two_o shilling_n be_v a_o great_a burden_n than_o twenty_o but_o only_o that_o nothing_o be_v so_o easy_a but_o it_o seem_v difficult_a when_o it_o be_v do_v unwilling_o as_o he_o have_v state_v it_o it_o may_v well_o seem_v a_o paradox_n but_o state_n it_o aright_o and_o it_o will_v not_o seem_v any_o paradox_n at_o all_o it_o be_v not_o the_o unwillingness_n in_o pay_v but_o the_o injustice_n in_o require_v that_o make_v the_o payment_n a_o burden_n in_o claim_v equal_o unjust_a the_o great_a claim_n be_v the_o great_a burden_n but_o where_o one_o claim_n be_v just_a and_o other_o unjust_a as_o in_o the_o case_n of_o rent_n and_o tithe_n the_o unjust_a claim_n be_v the_o great_a burden_n be_v the_o sum_n more_o or_o less_o two_o shilling_n exact_v where_o it_o be_v not_o due_a be_v a_o great_a burden_n than_o twenty_o shilling_n demand_v where_o it_o be_v due_a two_o shilling_n for_o nothing_o be_v a_o great_a burden_n than_o twenty_o shilling_n for_o twenty_o shillings-worth_n this_o be_v no_o paradox_n at_o all_o but_o plain_a to_o every_o common_a capacity_n and_o thus_o stand_v the_o case_n between_o tithe_n and_o rent_n tithe_n be_v a_o burden_n because_o they_o be_v not_o just_a not_o duc_fw-fr rent_n be_v not_o a_o burden_n because_o they_o be_v just_a they_o be_v due_a tithe_n be_v a_o burden_n because_o they_o be_v exact_v of_o the_o quaker_n at_o least_o for_o nothing_o rent_n be_v not_o a_o burden_n because_o they_o be_v demand_v for_o a_o valuable_a consideration_n thus_o his_o paradox_n be_v open_v but_o he_o be_v high_o offend_v with_o i_o for_o say_v i_o doubt_v not_o but_o if_o every_o englishman_n dare_v free_o speak_v his_o own_o sense_n nine_o part_n of_o ten_o of_o the_o whole_a nation_n will_v unanimous_o cry_v tithe_n be_v a_o great_a oppression_n this_o have_v so_o incense_v he_o that_o not_o able_a to_o contain_v he_o call_v i_o a_o seditious_a libeler_n forget_v perhaps_o that_o his_o own_o book_n be_v nameless_a and_o say_v pag._n 200._o t._n e._n not_o content_a to_o discover_v his_o own_o base_a humour_n measure_v all_o man_n corn_n by_o his_o own_o bushel_n and_o as_o it_o be_v the_o manner_n of_o such_o as_o be_v evil_n themselves_o he_o â—_z all_o man_n pay_v their_o tithe_n with_o as_o ill_a will_n as_o the_o quaker_n and_o impudent_o slander_v the_o whole_a nation_n i_o step_v over_o his_o scurrillity_n and_o ill_a language_n and_o tell_v he_o first_o if_o this_o be_v as_o he_o say_v a_o slander_n himself_o have_v make_v it_o a_o ten_o part_n big_a than_o it_o be_v by_o stretch_v it_o to_o all_o man_n and_o the_o whole_a nation_n which_o he_o himself_o acknowledge_v waâ—_n speak_v of_o but_o nine_o part_n of_o the_o nation_n i_o do_v not_o say_v all_o man_n and_o the_o whole_a nation_n will_v call_v tithe_n a_o great_a oppression_n for_o i_o suppose_v some_o in_o a_o devout_a mistake_n may_v be_v as_o ready_a to_o pay_v as_o the_o priest_n be_v greedy_a to_o receive_v they_o second_o i_o be_o not_o at_o all_o convince_v that_o it_o be_v a_o slander_n but_o do_v believe_v it_o a_o real_a truth_n and_o though_o he_o say_v common_a experience_n proclaim_v i_o a_o liar_n herein_o there_o be_v very_o few_o parish_n where_o nineteen_o part_n of_o twenty_o do_v not_o pay_v their_o tithe_n free_o as_o any_o other_o due_a i_o dare_v appeal_n to_o eighteen_o part_n of_o his_o nineteen_o whether_o this_o be_v true_a or_o no._n but_o since_o it_o be_v hard_o to_o take_v a_o right_a measure_n of_o people_n freedom_n and_o willingness_n herein_o while_o the_o lash_n of_o the_o law_n hang_v over_o they_o it_o be_v great_o to_o be_v wish_v that_o our_o legislator_n in_o who_o power_n it_o be_v to_o decide_v the_o doubt_n will_v be_v please_v to_o determine_v the_o controversy_n by_o take_v off_o those_o law_n and_o penalty_n by_o which_o the_o people_n be_v compel_v to_o pay_v tithe_n and_o leave_v they_o whole_o free_a in_o this_o case_n to_o exercise_v their_o liberality_n towards_o their_o minister_n as_o god_n shall_v incline_v and_o enlarge_v their_o heart_n and_o true_o if_o the_o priest_n dislike_v this_o proposition_n it_o be_v a_o very_a great_a argument_n either_o that_o he_o do_v not_o believe_v what_o himself_o say_v but_o now_o viz._n that_o nineteen_o part_n of_o twenty_o pay_n tithe_n free_o or_o that_o he_o do_v great_o distrust_v the_o goodness_n of_o his_o ministry_n at_o length_n he_o take_v notice_n of_o the_o reason_n i_o give_v why_o rent_n be_v not_o a_o burden_n as_o tithe_n the_o first_o reason_n he_o thus_o give_v the_o tenant_n have_v the_o worth_n of_o his_o rent_n of_o the_o landlord_n but_o of_o the_o priest_n he_o receive_v nothing_o at_o all_o to_o this_o say_v he_o i_o answer_v the_o heir_n of_o a_o estate_n charge_v with_o a_o perpetual_a payment_n to_o the_o poor_a receive_v nothing_o from_o the_o poor_a to_o who_o he_o pay_v the_o money_n yet_o this_o be_v no_o oppression_n pag._n 201._o though_o the_o heir_n receive_v nothing_o from_o the_o poor_a yet_o he_o receive_v the_o estate_n which_o be_v so_o charge_v under_o that_o condition_n of_o pay_v so_o much_o money_n to_o the_o poor_a which_o estate_n otherwise_o he_o shall_v not_o have_v have_v the_o heâ—â—_n than_o do_v not_o pay_v foâ—_n nothing_o although_o he_o have_v nothing_o from_o the_o poor_a to_o who_o he_o pay_v for_o he_o have_v that_o very_a land_n in_o consideration_n on_o which_o the_o payment_n to_o the_o poor_a be_v charge_v thus_o the_o heir_n be_v safe_a then_o for_o the_o tenant_n he_o be_v not_o at_o all_o concern_v in_o the_o matter_n unless_o it_o be_v by_o private_a contract_n it_o go_v out_o of_o the_o landlord_n rent_n not_o out_o of_o the_o tenant_n stock_n and_o if_o the_o tenant_n by_o the_o landlord_n oâ—der_n pay_v it_o to_o the_o poor_a he_o do_v it_o in_o his_o landlord_n name_n by_o who_o it_o be_v accept_v as_o so_o much_o rent_n pay_v but_o tithe_n be_v quite_o another_o thing_n for_o first_o the_o heir_n do_v not_o receive_v the_o land_n undeâ—_n condition_n of_o
then_o purchase_v the_o tithe_n himself_o as_o much_o as_o he_o do_v the_o other_o nine_o part_n of_o his_o crop_n but_o to_o talk_v of_o tithe_n descend_v from_o ancestor_n argue_v the_o priest_n do_v not_o well_o understand_v what_o it_o be_v himself_o claim_v tithe_n do_v descend_v to_o the_o seller_n from_o his_o ancestor_n as_o much_o as_o the_o other_o nine_o part_n of_o the_o profit_n but_o neither_o one_o nor_o the_o other_o can_v proper_o be_v say_v to_o descend_v from_o the_o ancestor_n to_o the_o present_a possessor_n see_v both_o the_o nine_o part_n and_o the_o ten_o be_v the_o yearly_a increase_n produce_v instrumental_o by_o the_o yearly_a labour_n charge_v and_o care_n of_o the_o present_a possessor_n that_o which_o descend_v to_o a_o man_n from_o his_o ancestor_n be_v what_o his_o ancestor_n be_v possess_v of_o or_o have_v a_o right_n unto_o but_o no_o man_n ancestor_n can_v be_v possess_v of_o or_o have_v a_o right_n unto_o those_o profit_n of_o yearly_a increase_n which_o in_o their_o time_n be_v not_o in_o be_v but_o be_v since_o produce_v by_o the_o labour_n and_o charge_n of_o another_o but_o he_o say_v pag._n 209._o if_o t._n e._n will_v know_v the_o reason_n why_o tithe_n be_v not_o except_v in_o the_o purchase_n by_o name_n as_o free_a rent_n and_o rend_a charge_n sometime_o be_v i_o answer_v say_v he_o free_a rent_n and_o rend_a charge_n etc._n etc._n be_v lay_v upon_o land_n by_o private_a contract_n and_o can_v not_o be_v know_v unless_o they_o be_v by_o name_n except_v to_o be_v due_a out_o of_o such_o a_o estate_n whereas_o tithe_n be_v a_o public_a donation_n etc._n etc._n this_o with_o some_o may_v pass_v for_o a_o reason_n but_o if_o he_o be_v willing_a to_o give_v the_o true_a reason_n he_o know_v that_o as_o free_a rent_n and_o rend_a charge_n be_v lay_v upon_o land_n and_o be_v pay_v out_o of_o the_o rent_n of_o the_o land_n without_o regard_n to_o the_o increase_n that_o be_v make_v so_o the_o burden_n of_o tithe_n lie_v upon_o stock_n and_o be_v due_a as_o he_o say_v out_o of_o the_o profit_v only_o without_o regard_n to_o the_o rent_n of_o the_o land_n which_o profit_n be_v the_o improvement_n of_o the_o husbandman_n stock_n through_o god_n blessing_n on_o his_o industrious_a diligence_n and_o labour_n it_o be_v very_o improper_a therefore_o to_o except_v tithe_n out_o of_o a_o purchase_n of_o land_n see_v tithe_n be_v not_o charge_v on_o the_o land_n nor_o claim_v of_o the_o land_n §19_n he_o quarrel_v next_o with_o a_o demonstration_n of_o i_o the_o occasion_n whereof_o be_v this_o the_o author_n of_o the_o conference_n pag._n 156._o say_v though_o the_o tenant_n pay_v tithe_n yet_o be_v they_o no_o inconvenience_n to_o he_o because_o he_o pay_v less_o rent_n in_o consideration_n thereof_o to_o show_v the_o fallacy_n of_o this_o position_n i_o urge_v that_o if_o it_o shall_v be_v grant_v that_o the_o tenant_n pay_v less_o rent_n in_o consideration_n of_o tithe_n which_o yet_o i_o say_v be_v questionable_a yet_o the_o abaâ—eâ—ent_n which_o â—e_n be_v suppose_v to_o have_v in_o rent_n be_v not_o proportionable_a or_o answerable_a to_o the_o value_n of_o the_o tithe_n he_o pay_v and_o thus_o i_o undertake_v to_o demonstrate_v it_o suppose_v a_o landlord_n let_v a_o farm_n for_o 90_o l._n a_o year_n which_o if_o it_o be_v tythe-free_a will_v yield_v 100_o l._n the_o tenant_n to_o pay_v his_o rent_n defray_v all_o his_o charge_n of_o husbandry_n and_o have_v a_o comfortable_a subsistence_n and_o maintenance_n for_o himself_o and_o his_o family_n must_v according_a to_o the_o computation_n of_o skilful_a husbandman_n by_o his_o care_n industry_n and_o labour_n together_o with_o the_o employment_n of_o his_o stock_n raise_v upon_o his_o farm_n three_o rent_n or_o three_o time_n as_o much_o as_o his_o rent_n come_v to_o which_o will_v make_v 270_o l._n and_o the_o ten_o part_n of_o 270_o l._n be_v 27_o l._n so_o that_o if_o the_o tenant_n shall_v have_v 10_o l._n a_o year_n abate_v in_o his_o rent_n because_o of_o tithe_n and_o he_o pay_v 27_o l._n a_o year_n because_o of_o tithe_n then_o do_v he_o pay_v 17_o l._n a_o year_n in_o 90_o l._n more_o than_o he_o be_v suppose_v to_o be_v allow_v in_o his_o rent_n against_o this_o the_o priest_n both_o cry_v out_o and_o make_v no_o little_a noise_n and_o first_o the_o author_n of_o the_o conference_n in_o his_o vindication_n pag._n 321._o will_v â—ain_v from_o hence_o infer_v that_o tenant_n have_v real_o abatement_n in_o their_o rent_n in_o lieu_n of_o tithe_n and_o therefore_o have_v first_o to_o show_v how_o copious_a he_o can_v be_v in_o scurrility_n and_o what_o variety_n of_o ill_a language_n he_o have_v to_o express_v himself_o by_o say_v i_o perceive_v the_o quaker_n begin_v to_o sneak_v he_o add_v a_o abatement_n it_o seem_v there_o be_v but_o how_o do_v it_o seem_v there_o be_v a_o abatement_n why_o he_o be_v willing_a to_o turn_v my_o if_o to_o a_o be_v and_o strain_v a_o position_n out_o of_o my_o supposition_n but_o these_o shift_n discover_v the_o straight_o he_o be_v in_o and_o how_o near_o he_o be_v sink_v that_o will_v catch_v at_o such_o a_o twig_n to_o hang_v by_o then_o he_o except_v at_o the_o demonstration_n for_o uncertainty_n because_o i_o do_v not_o say_v whether_o the_o farm_n of_o 90_o l._n a_o year_n consist_v in_o tillage_n or_o in_o pasturage_n yet_o he_o acknowledge_v that_o the_o tithe_n of_o a_o farm_n of_o that_o value_n 90_o l._n a_o year_n consiâ—â—ing_v in_o tillage_n may_v be_v worth_a 27_o l._n a_o year_n on_o the_o other_o hand_n the_o other_o priest_n in_o his_o right_n of_o tithe_n pag._n 212._o say_v i_o believe_v all_o the_o parson_n in_o england_n will_v compound_v with_o the_o quaker_n after_o this_o rate_n that_o the_o landlord_n allow_v that_o be_v suppose_v the_o landlord_n do_v real_o allow_v 10_o l._n in_o 100_o l._n rent_n and_o in_o pag._n 213._o he_o say_v what_o parson_n do_v ever_o receive_v 27_o l._n per_fw-la annum_fw-la for_o a_o 90_o l._n farm_n experience_n say_v he_o teach_v we_o that_o we_o scarce_o every_o get_v so_o much_o as_o 20_n for_o 10_o l._n rent_n unless_o where_o there_o be_v very_o much_o corn_n but_o take_v the_o church-living_n one_o with_o another_o and_o there_o be_v not_o above_o 9_o l._n a_o year_n make_v of_o a_o farm_n upon_o the_o improve_a rent_n of_o ninety_o pound_n per_fw-la annum_fw-la thus_o they_o contradict_v one_o another_o neither_o be_v this_o last_o priest_n any_o more_o consistent_a with_o himself_o for_o among_o the_o reason_n he_o give_v why_o they_o scarce_o ever_o get_v so_o much_o as_o 20_o s._n for_o 10_o l._n rent_n he_o mention_n ill_a payment_n and_o concealment_n forget_v it_o seem_v that_o he_o have_v say_v but_o a_o few_o leave_v before_o there_o be_v very_o few_o parish_n where_o nineteen_o part_n of_o 〈◊〉_d do_v not_o pay_v their_o tithe_n free_o as_o any_o other_o due_n pag._n 200._o how_o ill_o do_v these_o two_o saying_n hang_v together_o nineteen_o part_n in_o twenty_o pay_v their_o tithe_n free_o as_o any_o other_o dâ—es_n and_o yet_o the_o priest_n can_v scarce_o ever_o get_v so_o much_o as_o 20_o s._n for_o 10_o l._n rent_n by_o reason_n of_o ill_a payment_n and_o concealment_n thus_o he_o contradict_v himself_o as_o before_o he_o do_v his_o brother_n but_o he_o say_v pag._n 214._o i_o will_v not_o like_a t._n e._n make_v supposition_n at_o random_n but_o give_v a_o instance_n of_o my_o own_o knowledge_n it_o seem_v than_o he_o understand_v the_o case_n i_o propose_v to_o be_v but_o a_o supposition_n and_o account_v it_o a_o supposition_n at_o random_n too_o yet_o so_o little_a ingenuity_n have_v both_o his_o brother_n and_o he_o and_o so_o much_o need_v of_o shift_n and_o contriviance_n that_o they_o be_v willing_a to_o take_v this_o random_n supposition_n as_o he_o call_v it_o for_o a_o positive_a conclusion_n that_o the_o landlord_n do_v abate_v 10_o l._n in_o 100_o l._n in_o consideration_n of_o tithe_n and_o make_v what_o advantage_n they_o can_v therefrom_o as_o if_o it_o be_v a_o real_a and_o certain_a thing_n nay_o he_o thereupon_o ask_v if_o the_o quaker_n be_v nâ—t_o a_o knave_n for_o put_v this_o 10_o l._n per_fw-la annum_fw-la in_o his_o own_o pocket_n which_o the_o landlord_n abate_v in_o consideration_n of_o be_v pay_v but_o do_v he_o ever_o know_v a_o quaker_n that_o desire_v a_o abatement_n of_o rent_n in_o consideration_n of_o tithe_n to_o be_v pay_v or_o that_o accept_v a_o abatement_n from_o his_o landlord_n upon_o that_o consideration_n if_o he_o know_v any_o such_o let_v he_o not_o spare_v to_o name_v he_o if_o not_o it_o will_v appear_v his_o suggestion_n be_v both_o false_a and_o procee_v from_o a_o evil_a mind_n the_o
pay_v tithe_n nor_o forfeit_v â—e_v the_o land_n for_o not_o pay_v it_o neither_o be_v tithe_n charge_v upon_o the_o land_n as_o the_o payment_n to_o the_o poor_a be_v of_o which_o see_v before_o chap._n 5._o sect._n 5._o and_o sect._n 13._o then_o second_o the_o tenant_n be_v liable_a to_o the_o payment_n of_o the_o tithe_n not_o out_o of_o his_o rent_n but_o out_o of_o his_o stock_n over_o and_o above_o his_o rent_n and_o the_o landlord_n be_v not_o concern_v about_o it_o unless_o any_o private_a agreement_n antecede_v thus_o it_o appear_v his_o instance_n of_o a_o rend_a charge_n to_o the_o poor_a be_v quite_o beside_o the_o business_n and_o his_o answer_n be_v no_o answer_n to_o the_o reason_n i_o offer_v but_o he_o seem_v to_o have_v another_o again_o say_v he_o the_o tenant_n receive_v as_o much_o from_o god_n as_o he_o do_v from_o his_o landlord_n for_o we_o think_v that_o land_n be_v not_o more_o necessary_a to_o the_o increase_n than_o god_n blessing_n ibid._n nor_o so_o necessary_a neither_o say_v i_o since_o increase_v may_v be_v without_o land_n but_o not_o without_o god_n blessing_n the_o tenant_n therefore_o receive_v more_o from_o god_n than_o he_o do_v from_o his_o landlord_n for_o from_o his_o landlord_n he_o receive_v land_n only_o and_o that_o upon_o a_o rent_n but_o from_o god_n he_o receive_v all_o he_o have_v his_o stock_n his_o crop_n his_o health_n his_o strength_n etc._n etc._n and_o that_o free_o as_o therefore_o he_o receive_v all_o from_o god_n so_o unto_o god_n ought_v all_o to_o be_v return_v god_n wisdom_n counsel_n and_o holy_a fear_n ought_v to_o be_v wait_v for_o and_o regard_v in_o dispose_v and_o employ_v those_o thing_n which_o god_n have_v be_v please_v to_o give_v but_o what_o be_v this_o to_o the_o priest_n or_o to_o tithe_n why_o say_v he_o upon_o that_o consideration_n our_o pious_a ancestor_n oblige_v their_o hâ—irs_n forever_o to_o give_v god_n his_o part_n of_o the_o profit_n because_o both_o they_o and_o their_o heir_n be_v yearly_o to_o receive_v all_o their_o increase_n from_o his_o blessing_n ibid._n what_o be_v god_n part_n of_o the_o profit_n if_o all_o the_o increase_n be_v receive_v from_o his_o blessing_n how_o come_v he_o to_o have_v but_o a_o part_n of_o the_o profit_n where_o have_v god_n under_o the_o gospel_n declare_v the_o ten_o part_n particular_o to_o be_v he_o or_o who_o have_v power_n to_o assign_v that_o pâ—rt_n to_o he_o that_o be_v lord_n of_o all_o he_o urge_v for_o a_o law_n the_o say_n of_o king_n edward_n the_o confessor_n of_o all_o thing_n which_o god_n give_v the_o ten_o part_n be_v to_o be_v restore_v to_o he_o who_o give_v we_o the_o nine_o part_n together_o with_o the_o ten_o pag._n 202._o whence_o â—dward_o the_o confessor_n learn_v that_o doctrine_n may_v easy_o be_v guess_v if_o we_o consider_v in_o what_o time_n he_o live_v speed_z say_v he_o be_v crown_v king_n of_o england_n in_o the_o year_n 1042._o and_o say_v the_o author_n of_o the_o conference_n in_o his_o vindication_n pag._n 277._o moâ—â—_n of_o the_o present_a evil_a opinion_n of_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n have_v their_o original_a in_o those_o unlearned_a age_n from_o about_o the_o year_n 700._o to_o about_o the_o year_n 1400._o about_o the_o midnight_n of_o which_o darkness_n there_o be_v scarce_o any_o learning_n leave_v in_o the_o world_n these_o say_v he_o be_v the_o unhappy_a time_n which_o breed_v and_o nurse_v up_o invocation_n of_o saint_n worship_n of_o image_n purgatory_n 〈◊〉_d all_o the_o fanatical_a vision_n and_o revelation_n miracle_n etc._n etc._n then_o begin_v shrine_n pilgrimage_n relic_n purchase_v of_o pardon_n and_o the_o pope_n attempt_n for_o aâ—_n universal_a monarchy_n and_o though_o he_o here_o mention_n some_o particular_n yet_o he_o say_v but_o a_o few_o line_n before_o at_o the_o same_o time_n that_o learning_n fall_v into_o decay_n all_o manner_n of_o corruption_n creep_v into_o the_o church_n etc._n etc._n now_o according_a to_o his_o computation_n of_o time_n for_o the_o rise_v and_o growth_n of_o popery_n and_o of_o all_o manner_n of_o corruption_n from_o about_o the_o year_n 700._o to_o about_o the_o year_n 1400._o his_o midnight_n of_o darkness_n must_v fall_v about_o the_o year_n 1050._o and_o this_o k._n edward_n the_o confessor_n enter_v his_o reign_n in_o the_o year_n 1042._o it_o be_v manifest_a that_o this_o law_n of_o he_o for_o tithe_n be_v make_v in_o the_o very_a midnight_n of_o darkness_n hence_o the_o reader_n may_v observe_v that_o although_o this_o k._n edward_n to_o who_o as_o camden_n observe_v brittania_n pag._n 377._o our_o ancestor_n and_o the_o pope_n vouchsafe_v the_o name_n of_o st._n edward_n the_o confessor_n be_v a_o man_n of_o great_a justice_n temperance_n and_o virtue_n but_o especial_o continency_n for_o which_o it_o seem_v in_o that_o incontinent_a age_n he_o be_v saint_v yet_o that_o he_o learn_v this_o opinion_n of_o the_o ten_o part_n be_v due_a to_o god_n in_o the_o midnight_n of_o darkness_n when_o there_o be_v scarce_o any_o learning_n est_z in_o the_o world_n when_o all_o manner_n of_o corruption_n be_v either_o creep_v or_o creep_v into_o the_o church_n and_o wherein_o most_o of_o the_o present_a â—vil_a opinion_n of_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n have_v their_o original_a which_o make_v the_o quotation_n not_o much_o for_o the_o priest_n credit_n and_o true_o if_o it_o have_v be_v as_o he_o intimate_v a_o act_n of_o piety_n in_o our_o ancestor_n to_o give_v tithe_n and_o that_o upon_o that_o consideration_n that_o both_o they_o and_o their_o heir_n be_v yearly_o to_o receive_v all_o their_o increase_n from_o god_n blessing_n they_o have_v do_v i_o think_v but_o equal_o to_o have_v leave_v their_o posterity_n at_o liberty_n to_o have_v act_v in_o like_a manner_n from_o the_o impression_n of_o piety_n rather_o than_o for_o the_o necessity_n of_o paternal_a obligation_n suppose_v their_o injunction_n in_o this_o case_n obligatory_a as_o for_o what_o the_o priest_n here_o take_v for_o grant_v that_o the_o ten_o be_v god_n peculiar_a part_n it_o be_v but_o a_o old_a popish_a opinion_n by_o which_o the_o world_n have_v be_v too_o long_o gull_v which_o never_o be_v nor_o ever_o can_v be_v prove_v with_o respect_n to_o gospel-time_n and_o to_o be_v sure_a when_o ever_o he_o plead_v god_n right_a he_o make_v himself_o god_n steward_n and_o receiver_n he_o say_v here_o now_o the_o priest_n be_v but_o god_n steward_n and_o receiver_n and_o if_o it_o be_v true_a that_o the_o tenant_n do_v receive_v nothing_o from_o the_o steward_n of_o god_n yet_o he_o may_v just_o pay_v he_o tithe_n for_o his_o master_n sake_n from_o who_o he_o receive_v all_o there_o be_v some_o of_o old_a who_o with_o as_o much_o conâ—idence_n and_o little_a truth_n affirm_v themselves_o to_o be_v the_o child_n of_o god_n as_o this_o priest_n do_v that_o he_o and_o his_o brethren_n be_v god_n steward_n and_o receiver_n but_o the_o answer_n which_o christ_n give_v unto_o they_o john_n 8._o 44._o be_v very_o observable_a and_o no_o less_o applicable_a the_o tenant_n say_v the_o priest_n receive_v nothing_o from_o his_o landlord_n steward_n and_o yet_o he_o pay_v his_o rent_n to_o he_o or_o to_o any_o other_o who_o his_o landlord_n assign_v to_o reâ—eive_v it_o true_a but_o two_o thing_n first_o he_o make_v himself_o sure_a of_o one_o that_o the_o sum_n demand_v be_v indeed_o his_o landlord_n due_a the_o other_o that_o the_o person_n demand_v be_v indeed_o his_o landlord_n steward_n or_o by_o he_o assign_v to_o receive_v it_o the_o tenant_n though_o he_o pay_v his_o rent_n to_o the_o steward_n contract_v with_o the_o landlord_n and_o if_o at_o any_o time_n any_o doubt_n arise_v about_o the_o rent_n they_o recâ—â—â—_n to_o the_o lease_n for_o decision_n now_o if_o the_o priest_n will_v make_v any_o advantage_n of_o his_o simile_n he_o shall_v prove_v if_o he_o can_v that_o god_n have_v any_o where_o declare_v under_o the_o gospel_n the_o ten_o to_o be_v his_o peculiar_a part_n which_o the_o priest_n have_v often_o bâ—ged_v a_o concession_n of_o but_o have_v no_o way_n to_o prove_v for_o if_o we_o have_v recourse_n to_o the_o holy_a record_n the_o scripture_n of_o the_o new_a testament_n from_o thence_o to_o be_v sure_o he_o can_v fetch_v no_o proof_n that_o tithe_n be_v god_n peculiar_a part_n since_o by_o his_o own_o confession_n pag._n 67._o tithe_n be_v not_o mention_v in_o the_o gospel_n or_o epistle_n to_o be_v the_o very_a part_n beside_o the_o tenant_n though_o the_o rent_n be_v certain_a and_o acknowledge_v be_v not_o forward_o if_o wiâ—e_n to_o part_v with_o his_o money_n to_o every_o one_o that_o call_v himself_o a_o steward_n and_o take_v upon_o he_o to_o be_v his_o landlord_n receiver_n but_o he_o expect_v a_o plain_a and_o satisfactory_a proof_n that_o
the_o person_n so_o pretend_v be_v indeed_o depute_a by_o his_o landlord_n to_o that_o service_n now_o then_o if_o according_a to_o this_o simile_n the_o priest_n will_v say_v or_o do_v any_o thing_n to_o the_o purpose_n let_v he_o first_o prove_v tithe_n or_o the_o ten_o part_n to_o be_v god_n peculiar_a due_n under_o the_o gospel_n and_o when_o that_o shall_v be_v agree_v on_o we_o will_v if_o he_o please_v in_o the_o next_o place_n examine_v his_o deputation_n and_o see_v how_o well_o he_o can_v make_v it_o appear_v that_o god_n have_v appoint_v he_o for_o his_o steward_n and_o receiver_n in_o the_o mean_a time_n his_o precarious_a and_o petitionary_a plea_n be_v neither_o helpful_a to_o he_o nor_o creditable_a to_o his_o cause_n but_o he_o say_v pag._n 202._o after_o all_o this_o the_o quaker_n be_v a_o notorious_a falsifier_n in_o say_v the_o tenant_n receive_v nothing_o from_o the_o priest_n for_o he_o receive_v his_o prayer_n and_o his_o blessing_n his_o preach_a and_o other_o administration_n if_o the_o tenant_n be_v a_o quaker_n the_o priest_n be_v a_o notorious_a falsifier_n for_o he_o know_v full_a well_o the_o quaker_n receive_v none_o of_o all_o these_o of_o the_o priest_n the_o quaker_n do_v not_o believe_v the_o priest_n prayer_n or_o his_o preach_v either_o to_o be_v worth_a receive_n and_o for_o his_o blessing_n as_o the_o quaker_n do_v not_o desire_v it_o so_o he_o be_v so_o far_o from_o receive_v it_o that_o he_o seldom_o go_v without_o his_o curse_n then_o for_o his_o other_o administration_n as_o he_o call_v they_o it_o be_v well_o know_v they_o that_o receive_v they_o pay_v roundly_o for_o they_o over_o and_o beside_o their_o tithe_n he_o come_v now_o to_o my_o second_o reason_n which_o he_o thus_o give_v pag._n 203._o rend_a be_v a_o voluntary_a contract_n &_o volenti_fw-la non_fw-la sit_fw-la injuria_fw-la but_o tithe_n be_v not_o voluntary_a now_o but_o take_v by_o force_n to_o this_o he_o thus_o answer_v very_o good_a by_o this_o rule_n than_o it_o appear_v that_o tithe_n be_v not_o as_o he_o false_o affirm_v but_o now_o they_o be_v a_o general_a oppression_n for_o the_o generality_n pay_v they_o willing_o and_o many_o thousand_o contract_n with_o their_o landlord_n and_o their_o parson_n to_o pay_v they_o as_o voluntary_o as_o they_o do_v to_o pay_v their_o rent_n that_o the_o generality_n pay_v tithe_n willing_o be_v a_o confident_a assertion_n contradict_v by_o common_a experience_n scarce_o any_o one_o thing_n produce_v so_o many_o suit_n at_o law_n and_o so_o much_o strife_n and_o contention_n as_o tithe_n in_o one_o sense_n i_o confess_v they_o may_v be_v say_v to_o pay_v willing_o that_o be_v they_o be_v willing_a to_o pay_v the_o ten_o rather_o than_o have_v three_o ten_o take_v from_o they_o so_o that_o be_v under_o a_o necessity_n of_o bear_v one_o they_o choose_v that_o which_o they_o take_v to_o be_v the_o light_a burden_n and_o least_o suffer_v and_o if_o in_o this_o sense_n he_o mean_v they_o pay_v willing_o and_o contract_v voluntary_o such_o contract_n and_o payment_n be_v muchwhat_a as_o voluntary_a as_o a_o traveller_n deliver_v his_o purse_n to_o a_o highway_n man_n present_v a_o pistol_n to_o his_o breast_n or_o as_o some_o schoolboy_n put_v down_o their_o own_o breeches_n not_o out_o of_o any_o great_a willingness_n sure_a they_o have_v to_o be_v whip_v but_o because_o they_o have_v rather_o by_o that_o mean_n come_v off_o with_o three_o lash_n than_o by_o refuse_v so_o to_o do_v suffer_v three_o time_n as_o many_o but_o say_v the_o priest_n ibid._n all_o thing_n be_v not_o oppression_n that_o be_v pay_v involuntary_o for_o some_o knave_n will_v pay_v no_o just_a due_n to_o any_o without_o compulsion_n etc._n etc._n it_o be_v not_o the_o unwillingness_n to_o pay_v that_o make_v the_o oppression_n but_o the_o injustice_n and_o inequality_n of_o the_o payment_n just_a due_n be_v no_o oppression_n but_o his_o suppose_v tithe_n a_o just_a due_a be_v a_o beg_n of_o the_o question_n rend_a be_v a_o just_a and_o equal_a payment_n for_o which_o the_o tenant_n receive_v the_o value_n of_o what_o he_o pay_v and_o tâ—ough_o the_o priest_n say_v pag._n 205._o no_o doubt_v the_o quaker_n can_v â—ish_v rather_o there_o be_v no_o rent_n to_o be_v pay_v neither_o and_o they_o voluntary_o covenant_n to_o pay_v rend_v because_o they_o can_v enjoy_v the_o farm_n without_o that_o charge_n yet_o no_o doubt_n he_o be_v conscious_a to_o himself_o that_o he_o slander_v the_o quaker_n in_o this_o also_o for_o it_o be_v very_o well_o know_v the_o quaker_n be_v as_o willing_a to_o pay_v their_o rent_n or_o any_o other_o just_a dâ—es_n and_o be_v as_o good_a tenant_n to_o their_o landlord_n as_o any_o other_o be_v to_o say_v no_o more_o the_o quaker_n know_v rent_n to_o be_v just_a and_o reasonable_a and_o they_o do_v not_o desire_v to_o reap_v the_o benefit_n of_o other_o man_n land_n for_o nothing_o as_o they_o be_v not_o will_v the_o priest_n shall_v reap_v the_o benefit_n of_o their_o labour_n for_o nothing_o in_o short_a the_o quaker_n do_v conscientious_o pay_v rent_n and_o all_o other_o just_a due_n from_o a_o principle_n of_o equity_n and_o justice_n as_o well_o as_o from_o the_o same_o principle_n they_o do_v conscientious_o refuse_v to_o pay_v tithe_n which_o be_v against_o equity_n and_o justice._n the_o priest_n undertake_v to_o make_v it_o appear_v that_o the_o quaker_n do_v voluntary_o contract_v to_o pay_v tithe_n if_o say_v he_o pag._n 204._o tithe_n be_v not_o mention_v in_o tâ—e_v contract_n than_o the_o law_n of_o england_n suppose_v that_o the_o tenant_n consent_v to_o pay_v they_o this_o be_v a_o supposition_n of_o his_o own_o suppose_n which_o he_o ground_n upon_o this_o reason_n that_o tithe_n be_v a_o know_a charge_n upon_o all_o land_n whereas_o tithe_n as_o i_o have_v prove_v before_o be_v a_o charge_n upon_o the_o stock_n not_o upon_o the_o land_n and_o be_v pay_v out_o of_o the_o profit_n of_o the_o stock_n not_o â—ut_v of_o the_o rent_n of_o the_o land_n but_o if_o tithe_n be_v a_o charge_n upon_o the_o land_n as_o rent-charge_n annuity_n and_o other_o customary_a payment_n be_v they_o will_v then_o issue_v out_o of_o 〈◊〉_d rent_n and_o the_o landlord_n not_o the_o tenant_n will_v be_v 〈◊〉_d â—hereto_o thus_o his_o reason_n be_v remove_v 〈◊〉_d supposition_n â—alls_v together_o with_o what_o be_v build_v upoâ—_n it_o §18_n in_o his_o next_o section_n the_o priest_n say_v t._n e._n come_v â—o_o his_o last_o reserve_v i_o wish_v be_v be_v come_v to_o his_o last_o falsehood_n that_o after_o that_o i_o may_v expect_v truth_n from_o he_o that_o which_o he_o call_v my_o last_o reserve_v he_o thus_o give_v pag._n 205._o viz._n that_o tithe_n be_v real_o purchase_v by_o the_o owner_n of_o estate_n for_o which_o he_o quote_v pag._n 344._o of_o my_o book_n &_o give_v this_o for_o my_o proof_n viz._n they_o purchase_v all_o that_o be_v not_o except_v out_o of_o the_o purchase_n but_o tithe_n be_v not_o except_v therefore_o the_o purchaser_n buy_v they_o and_o may_v sell_v they_o again_o and_o say_v if_o i_o can_v make_v this_o out_o this_o alone_a will_v do_v my_o business_n although_o i_o doubt_v not_o this_o passage_n in_o my_o former_a book_n will_v give_v satisfaction_n to_o any_o indifferent_a reader_n yet_o see_v the_o matter_n be_v propose_v anew_o i_o will_v â—ndeavour_v to_o open_v it_o a_o little_a further_o first_o therefore_o i_o desire_v the_o reader_n to_o consider_v what_o it_o be_v the_o purchaser_n buy_v 2._o what_o it_o be_v tithe_n be_v demand_v of_o the_o purchaser_n buy_v the_o land_n and_o that_o he_o buy_v entire_a no_o tythe-land_n no_o ten_o acre_n be_v ever_o except_v express_o or_o implicity_n but_o he_o buy_v the_o whole_a field_n or_o farm_n the_o ten_o part_n as_o well_o as_o the_o nine_o but_o in_o this_o purchase_n he_o buy_v the_o land_n not_o the_o profit_n or_o increase_v which_o by_o husbandry_n and_o manure_a may_v arise_v upon_o the_o land_n in_o time_n to_o come_v for_o they_o be_v uncertain_a and_o the_o seller_n who_o make_v he_o a_o assurance_n of_o the_o land_n will_v not_o undertake_v to_o assure_v he_o a_o future_a increase_n and_o profit_n from_o the_o land_n nor_o be_v it_o reasonable_a to_o expect_v it_o since_o then_o this_o be_v a_o purchase_n of_o land_n which_o the_o priest_n do_v not_o lay_v any_o claim_n to_o let_v we_o next_o inquire_v what_o it_o be_v the_o priest_n demand_v tithe_n of_o the_o priest_n himself_o shall_v answer_v this_o who_o in_o his_o right_n of_o tithe_n pag._n 196._o say_v express_o we_o grant_v to_o t._n e._n tithe_n be_v due_a out_o of_o the_o profit_v only_o and_o therefore_o if_o god_n give_v no_o increase_n or_o the_o husbandman_n have_v nothing_o grow_v we_o expect_v no_o
tithe_n at_o all_o hence_o than_o it_o be_v clear_a he_o claim_v no_o tithe_n of_o that_o which_o the_o buyer_n have_v thus_o purchase_v he_o lay_v no_o claim_n to_o any_o part_n of_o the_o land_n thus_o far_o then_o the_o buyer_n have_v purchase_v all_o the_o whole_a every_o part_n and_o the_o priest_n do_v not_o so_o much_o as_o pretend_v a_o right_n to_o any_o of_o the_o land_n he_o have_v buy_v now_o then_o let_v we_o come_v to_o the_o other_o purchase_n if_o i_o may_v so_o call_v it_o that_o out_o of_o which_o the_o priest_n claim_v tithe_n viz._n the_o profit_n and_o increase_n of_o this_o in_o my_o former_a book_n pag._n 345._o i_o say_v thus_o when_o he_o have_v this_o land_n if_o he_o will_v have_v profit_n and_o increase_v from_o it_o he_o must_v purchase_v that_o after_o another_o manner_n he_o pay_v for_o that_o and_o many_o time_n dear_a enough_o too_o by_o the_o labour_n and_o charge_v he_o bestow_v in_o tilling_n dress_n and_o manure_v it_o and_o if_o in_o this_o sense_n he_o may_v be_v say_v to_o purchase_v the_o nine_o part_n of_o the_o crop_n or_o increase_n in_o the_o same_o sense_n he_o purchase_v the_o ten_o part_n also_o for_o he_o bestow_v his_o charge_n and_o pain_n on_o all_o alike_o and_o the_o ten_o part_n stand_v he_o in_o as_o much_o as_o any_o one_o of_o the_o nine_o thus_o than_o the_o buyer_n first_o purchase_v the_o land_n and_o afterward_o the_o occupier_n whether_o owner_n or_o tenant_n purchase_v the_o crop_n the_o one_o buy_v the_o land_n by_o lay_v down_o so_o much_o money_n the_o other_o obtain_v the_o crop_n by_o bestow_v so_o much_o charge_n and_o so_o much_o labour_n &c_n &c_n and_o as_o in_o the_o purchase_n of_o the_o land_n the_o buyer_n do_v as_o real_o buy_v the_o ten_o acre_n or_o ten_o part_n of_o the_o land_n as_o the_o nine_o or_o any_o other_o part_n of_o the_o nine_o so_o in_o the_o purchase_n of_o the_o crop_n the_o occupier_n do_v as_o real_o purchase_v the_o ten_o part_n of_o the_o profit_n and_o increase_n as_o he_o do_v the_o nine_o or_o any_o other_o part_n of_o the_o nine_o and_o after_o the_o same_o manner_n he_o lay_v his_o dung_n on_o all_o alike_o he_o sow_v his_o seed_n on_o all_o alike_o he_o plows_v all_o alike_o he_o bestow_v his_o pain_n and_o charge_n and_o exercise_n his_o skill_n and_o care_n equal_o on_o all_o thus_o it_o appear_v that_o tithe_n be_v real_o purchase_v by_o they_o by_o who_o the_o nine_o part_n be_v purchase_v and_o do_v real_o belong_v to_o they_o to_o who_o the_o nine_o part_n do_v belong_v whether_o tithe_n be_v understand_v of_o land_n or_o of_o profit_n if_o of_o land_n the_o purchaser_n do_v as_o real_o buy_v the_o ten_o acre_n as_o any_o of_o the_o nine_o and_o give_v as_o much_o for_o it_o nor_o do_v the_o priest_n claim_v any_o property_n therein_o if_o of_o profit_n the_o ten_o sheaf_n or_o ten_o part_n of_o the_o crop_n do_v cost_v the_o occupier_n as_o much_o to_o the_o full_a as_o any_o other_o of_o the_o nine_o part_n now_o see_v the_o priest_n say_v if_o i_o can_v make_v out_o this_o this_o alone_a will_v do_v my_o business_n i_o hope_v the_o reader_n will_v find_v it_o here_o so_o plain_o make_v out_o that_o he_o will_v be_v satisfy_v my_o business_n be_v do_v what_o the_o priest_n urge_v as_o the_o opinion_n of_o some_o lawyer_n concern_v tithe_n be_v of_o the_o less_o weight_n because_o they_o be_v ground_v on_o this_o mistake_n that_o tithe_n be_v of_o divine_a institution_n which_o error_n have_v mislead_v too_o many_o his_o reflection_n on_o i_o of_o insolence_n and_o novice_n i_o regard_v not_o at_o all_o but_o pass_v from_o his_o rail_a to_o see_v if_o i_o can_v find_v any_o reason_n from_o he_o he_o put_v a_o case_n pag._n 206._o thus_o a._n purchase_v a_o estate_n in_o b_o of_o c_o the_o tithe_n whereof_o be_v impropriatc_n and_o belong_v to_o d_o now_o will_v the_o quaker_n say_v that_o a._n purchase_n do_v s_o estate_n in_o the_o tithe_n without_o his_o knowledge_n or_o consent_n by_o virtue_n of_o the_o general_a word_n in_o the_o conveyance_n from_o c_o he_o take_v for_o grant_v what_o i_o deny_v viz._n that_o the_o tithe_n belong_v to_o d._n the_o tithe_n belong_v to_o the_o occupier_n of_o the_o land_n to_o he_o to_o who_o the_o other_o nine_o part_n belong_v and_o he_o have_v the_o same_o right_n in_o justice_n and_o equity_n to_o the_o ten_o part_n as_o to_o the_o other_o nine_o if_o c._n sell_v his_o land_n what_o be_v that_o to_o d_o d._n do_v not_o claim_v the_o tithe_n of_o that_o land_n nor_o pretend_v a_o right_n to_o any_o part_n of_o it_o what_o wrong_v do_v c._n do_v then_o to_o d._n in_o this_o sale_n or_o how_o can_v c._n be_v tax_v with_o sell_v d_n right_a whenas_o d._n neither_o have_v nor_o pretend_v to_o have_v a_o right_n to_o any_o part_n of_o the_o land_n which_o c._n sell_v the_o claim_n that_o d._n make_v be_v not_o to_o the_o tithe_n of_o the_o land_n but_o to_o the_o tithe_n of_o the_o profit_n which_o profit_v c._n neither_o do_v sell_v nor_o can_v but_o after_o a._n have_v buy_v the_o land_n he_o must_v to_o purchase_v a_o new_a for_o a_o crop_n if_o he_o expect_v to_o have_v one_o else_o he_o may_v be_v sure_a to_o go_v without_o he_o therefore_o to_o obtain_v a_o crop_n lay_v out_o his_o stock_n bestow_v his_o labour_n take_v pain_n and_o care_n early_a and_o late_o and_o in_o due_a time_n by_o god_n blessing_n upon_o his_o honest_a endeavour_n receive_v a_o crop_n sometime_o with_o advantage_n sometime_o with_o loss_n but_o although_o the_o priest_n say_v pag._n 196._o tithe_n be_v due_a out_o of_o the_o profit_v only_o yet_o whether_o there_o be_v gain_n or_o loss_n whether_o there_o be_v increase_n or_o decrease_v whether_o there_o be_v profit_n oâ—_n no_o profit_n no_o soon_o be_v the_o crop_n make_v ready_a but_o in_o step_n the_o priest_n or_o impropriator_n and_o sweep_v the_o ten_o part_n of_o it_o clear_v away_o although_o a._n have_v lay_v out_o his_o money_n and_o labour_n upon_o all_o the_o part_n of_o his_o crop_n alike_o have_v pay_v as_o dear_a for_o the_o ten_o part_n as_o for_o any_o of_o the_o nine_o and_o have_v thereby_o in_o justice_n and_o equity_n as_o good_a a_o right_a to_o that_o which_o be_v thus_o take_v from_o he_o as_o to_o any_o of_o the_o rest_n which_o be_v leave_v behind_o thus_o the_o priest_n case_n be_v open_v and_o answer_v it_o appear_v that_o neither_o a._n nor_o c._n do_v any_o wrong_n to_o d_o but_o that_o d._n do_v wrong_a to_o a._n in_o take_v from_o he_o that_o which_o he_o have_v honest_o earn_v and_o dear_o pay_v for_o and_o now_o the_o priest_n may_v return_v if_o he_o please_v to_o his_o a._n b._n c._n anew_o but_o he_o say_v the_o quaker_n fraudulent_o leave_v out_o those_o word_n of_o the_o conveyance_n which_o will_v have_v discover_v his_o knavery_n in_o this_o false_a assertion_n i_o thus_o express_v the_o word_n of_o the_o deed_n viz._n that_o the_o seller_n doth'grant_a bargain_n sell_v etc._n etc._n all_o that_o etc._n etc._n with_o its_o appurtenance_n and_o every_o part_n and_o parcel_n thereof_o the_o ten_o say_v i_o as_o wâ—ll_n aâ—_n the_o nine_o and_o also_o all_o the_o estate_n right_o tâ—tle_a interest_n property_n claim_n &_o demand_v whatsoever_o etc._n etc._n there_o say_v the_o priest_n he_o stop_v with_o a_o 〈◊〉_d â—â—cause_fw-mi his_o shallow_a reader_n shall_v not_o see_v what_o follow_v in_o the_o deed_n viz._n estate_n right_n which_o i_o the_o say_v a._n have_v or_o aught_o to_o have_v in_o the_o premise_n which_o word_n say_v he_o do_v manifest_a that_o the_o purchaser_n buy_v no_o more_o estate_n or_o right_o than_o the_o seller_n have_v to_o or_o in_o the_o premise_n p._n 208._o he_o must_v doubtless_o have_v be_v a_o shallow_a reader_n indeed_o that_o shall_v have_v think_v i_o intend_v the_o purchaser_n have_v buy_v more_o of_o the_o seller_n than_o the_o seller_n have_v to_o sell_v and_o i_o take_v it_o to_o be_v no_o argument_n of_o the_o priest_n depth_n to_o suggest_v it_o the_o seller_n have_v a_o sufficient_a right_n to_o the_o whole_a estate_n to_o every_o foot_n of_o the_o land_n he_o fold_v and_o the_o buyer_n have_v the_o same_o but_o sayeâ—_n the_o priest_n the_o seller_n do_v not_o purchase_v the_o tithe_n himself_o nor_o do_v they_o descend_v to_o he_o from_o his_o ancestor_n etc._n etc._n tithe_n be_v not_o claim_v of_o the_o land_n but_o of_o the_o profit_v only_o or_o of_o the_o yearly_a increase_n of_o renew_v which_o the_o occupier_n of_o the_o land_n purchase_v another_o way_n if_o the_o seller_n before_o he_o sell_v have_v the_o land_n in_o his_o own_o occupation_n he_o
he_o give_v they_o no_o power_n to_o demand_v much_o less_o enforce_v a_o maintenance_n from_o such_o as_o do_v neither_o receive_v nor_o own_v they_o this_o the_o latter_a priest_n transfer_v from_o the_o apostle_n to_o himself_o and_o his_o brethren_n and_o make_v a_o quotation_n out_o of_o it_o with_o which_o he_o begin_v his_o 50th_o section_n thus_o he_o add_v pag._n 359._o christ_n give_v we_o no_o power_n to_o demand_v a_o maintenance_n from_o those_o who_o do_v not_o receive_v we_o i_o perceive_v he_o be_v willing_a to_o creep_v in_o any_o how_o but_o unless_o he_o have_v come_v in_o fair_a he_o be_v like_a to_o turn_v out_o again_o i_o do_v not_o admit_v that_o christ_n have_v give_v he_o power_n to_o demand_v maintenance_n of_o any_o body_n no_o not_o of_o they_o that_o do_v receive_v he_o for_o christ_n give_v power_n to_o none_o in_o this_o case_n but_o those_o who_o â—eâ—ends_n of_o which_o number_n he_o be_v none_o however_o i_o observe_v he_o do_v not_o deny_v what_o i_o say_v viz._n that_o christ_n gaâ—e_v his_o apostle_n no_o power_n to_o demand_v a_o maintenance_n from_o such_o as_o do_v neâ—ther_o receive_v nor_o own_v they_o but_o rather_o seem_v to_o grant_v it_o for_o he_o reply_v nor_o do_v we_o demand_v of_o the_o qâ—akers_n to_o give_v we_o one_o single_a penny_n more_o than_o what_o be_v give_v to_o we_o and_o settle_v on_o we_o many_o hundred_o year_n ago_o we_o only_o ask_v our_o own_o we_o only_o ask_v that_o which_o the_o quaker_n do_v not_o take_v of_o his_o landlord_n that_o which_o be_v or_o ought_v to_o have_v be_v abate_v in_o his_o rent_n p._n 338._o do_v you_o demand_v of_o the_o quaker_n the_o ten_o part_n of_o their_o yearly_a profit_n can_v these_o be_v settle_v on_o you_o many_o hundred_o year_n ago_o the_o folly_n of_o this_o pretence_n be_v obvious_a of_o itself_o but_o how_o many_o hundred_o year_n be_v it_o i_o pray_v since_o tithe_n be_v settle_v on_o you_o it_o be_v but_o about_o 140_o year_n ago_o since_o the_o first_o statute-law_n for_o tithe_n be_v make_v and_o that_o too_o be_v make_v both_o by_o papist_n and_o for_o papist_n but_o he_o say_v they_o only_o ask_v that_o which_o the_o quaker_n do_v not_o take_v of_o his_o landlord_n they_o not_o only_o ask_v that_o which_o the_o quaker_n do_v not_o take_v of_o his_o landlord_n but_o they_o also_o ask_v it_o out_o of_o that_o which_o the_o quaker_n do_v not_o take_v of_o his_o landlord_n viz._n out_o of_o the_o profit_n for_o out_o of_o the_o profit_v only_o be_v tithe_n due_a say_v this_o priest_n pag._n 196._o now_o the_o quaker_n take_v the_o land_n only_o of_o his_o landlord_n not_o the_o profit_n he_o know_v well_o enough_o what_o land_n he_o take_v but_o he_o know_v not_o when_o he_o take_v the_o land_n what_o profit_v he_o shall_v have_v the_o profit_v he_o receive_v afterward_o by_o the_o blessing_n of_o god_n on_o his_o labour_n and_o honest_a endeavour_n with_o the_o use_n and_o employment_n of_o his_o stock_n which_o his_o landlord_n have_v nothing_o to_o do_v with_o so_o that_o if_o the_o priest_n will_v needs_o claim_v the_o ten_o part_n of_o the_o quaker_n profit_n because_o the_o quaker_n do_v not_o take_v it_o of_o his_o landlord_n he_o may_v by_o the_o same_o reason_n claim_v the_o other_o nine_o part_n of_o the_o profit_n too_o because_o the_o quaker_n do_v not_o take_v they_o of_o his_o landlord_n neither_o again_o he_o say_v they_o only_o ask_v that_o which_o be_v or_o ought_v to_o have_v be_v abate_v in_o his_o rent_n i_o deny_v that_o that_o which_o they_o demand_v viz._n the_o ten_o part_n of_o the_o profit_n neither_o be_v nor_o aught_o to_o have_v be_v abate_v in_o the_o rent_n if_o it_o shall_v be_v suppose_v that_o any_o thing_n be_v abate_v yet_o the_o most_o that_o can_v be_v expect_v will_v be_v but_o the_o ten_o part_n of_o the_o rent_n and_o if_o the_o ten_o part_n of_o the_o profit_n be_v no_o more_o than_o the_o ten_o part_n of_o the_o rent_n then_o must_v the_o whole_a profit_n be_v no_o more_o than_o the_o whole_a rent_n and_o what_o then_o shall_v the_o farmer_n have_v to_o defray_v his_o charge_n and_o maintain_v his_o family_n but_o if_o the_o ten_o part_n of_o the_o profitâ—_n which_o the_o priest_n claim_v be_v more_o than_o the_o ten_o part_n of_o the_o rent_n then_o according_a to_o the_o priest_n own_o way_n of_o reason_v he_o demand_v more_o of_o the_o qâ—â—ker_n than_o either_o be_v or_o aught_o to_o be_v abate_v and_o indeed_o what_o reason_n have_v a_o landlord_n to_o abate_v of_o his_o rent_n in_o consideration_n of_o â—ythes_n which_o be_v not_o demand_v out_o of_o the_o land_n which_o be_v let_n but_o out_o of_o the_o profit_v only_o which_o the_o tenant_n by_o â—is_n own_o labour_n stock_n and_o industry_n through_o the_o blessing_n of_o god_n acquire_v however_o how_o can_v the_o ten_o part_n of_o the_o profit_n â—e_v abate_v in_o the_o rent_n whenas_o the_o rent_n be_v certain_a and_o fix_v for_o twenty_o year_n or_o more_o together_o and_o the_o profit_v always_o uncertain_a never_o it_o may_v be_v of_o equal_a value_n two_o year_n together_o throughout_o the_o whole_a term_n and_o sometime_o perhaps_o in_o two_o year_n time_n may_v rise_v or_o sink_v half_a in_o half_n again_o he_o say_v pag._n 239._o our_o right_n to_o tithe_n depend_v not_o at_o all_o upon_o uâ—â—ns_n be_v willing_a or_o unwilling_a to_o come_v and_o hear_v we_o you_o be_v so_o much_o the_o more_o unlike_o the_o apostle_n who_o you_o pretend_v to_o be_v successor_n to_o and_o the_o qâ—aker_n say_v he_o be_v sad_o mistake_v to_o think_v we_o come_v to_o sâ—u_v they_o our_o sermon_n or_o that_o tithe_n a_o 〈◊〉_d price_n which_o be_v the_o quaker_n own_a to_o give_v the_o quaker_n be_v not_o at_o all_o mistake_v in_o think_v you_o come_v to_o sell_v your_o sermon_n they_o have_v know_v you_o of_o old_a and_o before_o they_o be_v quaker_n they_o trade_v with_o you_o and_o buy_v your_o ware_n and_o pay_v full_a dear_o for_o your_o sermon_n but_o they_o will_v never_o trade_v with_o you_o more_o for_o they_o see_v your_o ware_n be_v nought_o and_o they_o find_v you_o the_o worst_a sort_n of_o chapman_n of_o any_o they_o have_v to_o do_v with_o for_o as_o i_o former_o observe_v take_v the_o most_o greedy_a and_o overreach_v tradesman_n that_o one_o can_v find_v thoâ—gh_o he_o shall_v tell_v i_o his_o ware_n be_v very_o good_a and_o that_o he_o have_v such_o as_o will_v fit_v my_o turn_n yet_o he_o will_v not_o thrust_v it_o upon_o i_o whether_o i_o like_v it_o or_o no_o but_o leave_v i_o to_o 〈◊〉_d own_o liberty_n either_o to_o take_v it_o or_o to_o leave_v it_o and_o if_o i_o do_v not_o take_v it_o to_o be_v sure_a he_o will_v never_o demand_v any_o thing_n of_o i_o for_o it_o but_o this_o priest_n will_v either_o make_v we_o take_v his_o ware_n though_o we_o neither_o like_v it_o nor_o have_v any_o need_n of_o it_o or_o to_o be_v sure_o will_v make_v we_o pay_v for_o it_o though_o we_o never_o take_v it_o what_o can_v be_v more_o unreasonable_a what_o more_o dishonest_a than_o this_o §_o 28._o as_o for_o go_v to_o law_n for_o tithe_n you_o have_v say_v he_o to_o his_o brother_n priest_n §_o 51._o full_o prove_v it_o lawful_a in_o the_o conference_n and_o the_o quaker_n answer_v not_o one_o of_o your_o argument_n so_o that_o till_o he_o reply_v to_o that_o i_o will_v only_o note_v that_o it_o be_v much_o against_o our_o wâ—ll_n etc._n etc._n i_o answer_v all_o his_o argument_n for_o go_v to_o law_n for_o tithe_n in_o prove_v at_o large_a that_o tithe_n be_v not_o due_a for_o no_o argument_n can_v justify_v go_v to_o law_n for_o that_o which_o be_v not_o due_a and_o if_o tithe_n be_v due_a from_o the_o quaker_n to_o the_o priest_n he_o shall_v not_o need_v to_o go_v to_o law_n for_o they_o the_o quaker_n will_v be_v as_o ready_a to_o pay_v they_o as_o the_o priest_n shall_v be_v to_o receive_v they_o i_o also_o show_v in_o my_o former_a answer_n pag._n 361_o 362._o that_o for_o a_o minister_n of_o christ_n to_o sue_v man_n at_o law_n for_o his_o belie_v be_v without_o all_o precept_n precedent_n or_o ground_n in_o scripture_n religion_n or_o reason_n and_o that_o it_o be_v contrary_a to_o the_o nature_n of_o a_o gospel-maintenance_n which_o be_v altogether_o free_a and_o voluntary_a not_o at_o all_o compulsory_a but_o this_o the_o priest_n both_o one_o and_o tother_o choose_v rather_o to_o let_v pass_v untouched_a than_o give_v occasion_n for_o further_a inquiry_n into_o it_o but_o the_o other_o priest_n in_o his_o vindication_n of_o the_o conference_n pag._n 327._o though_o he_o silent_o slip_v over_o what_o i_o say_v against_o priest_n
depend_v upon_o a_o ministerial_a function_n in_o like_a manner_n when_o i_o say_v i_o claim_v as_o a_o man_n it_o be_v clear_a i_o there_o intend_v man_n in_o that_o sense_n wherein_o man_n be_v oppose_v to_o a_o minister_n of_o christ_n and_o therefore_o afterward_o speak_v of_o the_o priest_n claim_v i_o say_v he_o claim_v not_o as_o a_o man_n but_o as_o a_o minister_n of_o christ._n neither_o do_v i_o say_v as_o the_o priest_n reply_v that_o i_o claim_v mere_o in_o my_o natural_a capacity_n or_o bare_o as_o a_o man_n nor_o can_v the_o priest_n in_o his_o right_a wit_n understand_v i_o so_o to_o mean_v but_o this_o be_v a_o mere_a catch_n of_o he_o to_o avoid_v the_o force_n of_o my_o argument_n and_o make_v his_o less-observant_a reader_n think_v he_o have_v say_v something_o whenas_o indeed_o what_o he_o have_v say_v be_v nothing_o at_o all_o to_o the_o purpose_n when_o i_o say_v i_o claim_v in_o a_o natural_a and_o civil_a capacity_n i_o include_v those_o civil_a qualification_n which_o may_v just_o entitle_v to_o such_o a_o claim_n whether_o they_o arise_v from_o purchase_n heirship_n free_a gift_n civil_a office_n or_o any_o other_o of_o like_a nature_n and_o i_o show_v that_o the_o priest_n not_o claim_v in_o this_o capacity_n noâ—_n by_o virtue_n of_o any_o of_o these_o or_o such_o like_a qualification_n his_o claim_n to_o tithe_n and_o i_o to_o my_o temporal_a estate_n differ_v in_o the_o very_a ground_n and_o nature_n of_o they_o not_o in_o the_o several_a sort_n of_o civil_a claim_n as_o if_o one_o claim_v by_o purchase_n other_o by_o descent_n etc._n etc._n but_o in_o the_o nature_n of_o the_o claim_n themselves_o one_o be_v natural_a or_o civil_a other_o spiritual_a or_o religious_a now_o the_o priest_n claim_v tithe_n not_o in_o a_o civil_a capacity_n not_o upon_o civil_a qualification_n but_o in_o a_o spiritual_a or_o religious_a capacity_n upon_o religious_a qualification_n as_o a_o priest_n and_o pretend_v minister_n of_o christ_n that_o which_o will_v make_v good_a my_o civil_a claim_n to_o my_o estate_n will_v not_o make_v good_a his_o religious_a claim_n to_o tithe_n the_o difference_n between_o civil_a and_o religious_a capacity_n and_o qualification_n and_o the_o claim_n arise_v therefrom_o may_v appear_v the_o more_o clear_o if_o we_o consider_v they_o both_o in_o one_o and_o the_o same_o person_n suppose_v at_o this_o time_n as_o be_v former_o frequent_a a_o clergyman_n or_o priest_n be_v chancellor_n of_o england_n or_o invest_v with_o any_o other_o civil_a office_n he_o by_o virtue_n of_o that_o civil_a qualification_n will_v have_v a_o good_a claim_n to_o such_o temporal_a estate_n as_o shall_v be_v annex_v to_o that_o civil_a office_n with_o which_o he_o be_v so_o invest_v but_o he_o can_v not_o claim_v that_o estate_n by_o virtue_n of_o his_o priesthood_n or_o as_o a_o man_n religious_o qualify_v any_o more_o than_o he_o can_v claim_v tithe_n by_o virtue_n of_o his_o chancellorship_n or_o as_o a_o man_n civil_o qualify_v hence_o the_o necessary_a and_o unavoidable_a distinction_n between_o civil_a &_o religious_a qualification_n and_o claim_n be_v manifest_a now_o as_o he_o that_o make_v claim_v to_o a_o estate_n by_o virtue_n of_o a_o civil_a qualification_n ought_v to_o prove_v maintain_v defend_v his_o claim_n by_o humane_a law_n as_o be_v suitable_a to_o the_o nature_n of_o his_o claim_n so_o he_o that_o make_v claim_v to_o tithe_n by_o virtue_n of_o a_o religious_a qualification_n aught_o to_o prove_v maintain_v defend_v his_o claim_n by_o divine_a law_n as_o be_v suitable_a to_o the_o nature_n of_o his_o claiâ—_n but_o the_o priest_n have_v wrest_v my_o word_n from_o a_o natural_a and_o civil_a capacity_n to_o a_o mere_a natural_a capacity_n void_a of_o all_o civil_a qualification_n go_v on_o to_o make_v what_o advantage_n he_o can_v by_o this_o unworthy_a pervertion_n well_o say_v he_o the_o priest_n have_v a_o natural_a capacity_n also_o as_o well_o as_o t._n e._n be_v as_o much_o and_o as_o good_a a_o man_n as_o he_o but_o this_o alone_a give_v he_o no_o title_n to_o his_o tithe_n he_o claim_v they_o in_o a_o spiritual_a capacity_n as_o t._n e._n claim_v his_o estate_n in_o a_o civil_a capacity_n and_o now_o why_o be_v not_o a_o spiritual_a capacity_n as_o good_a a_o ground_n of_o claim_n to_o a_o estate_n legal_o settle_v upon_o it_o as_o a_o civil_a capacity_n pag._n 144._o if_o he_o mean_v by_o legal_o settle_a settle_v by_o divine_a &_o spiritual_a law_n as_o tithe_n be_v on_o the_o jewish_a priest_n a_o spiritual_a capacity_n be_v as_o good_a a_o ground_n of_o claim_n to_o a_o estate_n settle_v as_o a_o civil_a capacity_n be_v of_o claim_n to_o a_o estate_n so_o settle_v by_o humane_a law_n but_o a_o spiritual_a capacity_n be_v not_o so_o good_a a_o ground_n of_o claim_n to_o a_o estate_n settle_v by_o humane_a law_n as_o a_o civil_a capacity_n because_o a_o claim_v ground_v on_o a_o civil_a capacity_n be_v of_o the_o same_o nature_n with_o humane_a law_n and_o proper_o determinable_a by_o they_o but_o in_o a_o claim_n ground_v on_o a_o spiritual_a capacity_n it_o be_v not_o so_o he_o say_v pag._n 145._o a_o estate_n in_o land_n rent-charge_n or_o tâ—lls_n and_o custom_n may_v be_v settle_v on_o the_o mayor_n of_o such_o a_o city_n and_o on_o his_o successor_n forever_o and_o then_o whoso_o sustain_v that_o charge_n and_o bear_v that_o office_n have_v as_o good_a a_o claim_n by_o law_n to_o that_o income_a as_o â—_o e._n have_v to_o the_o estate_n he_o be_v bear_v to_o they_o claim_v say_v he_o under_o different_a qualification_n but_o one_o have_v as_o good_a a_o temporal_a right_n for_o his_o time_n as_o the_o other_o he_o shall_v have_v do_v well_o to_o have_v show_v the_o different_a qualification_n under_o which_o the_o mayor_n of_o a_o city_n successive_o claim_v a_o estate_n settle_v upon_o their_o office_n i_o confess_v i_o do_v not_o see_v how_o they_o can_v claim_v under_o different_a qualification_n since_o each_o of_o they_o claim_v as_o he_o be_v mayor_n but_o if_o the_o priest_n have_v any_o crotchet_n in_o his_o head_n as_o his_o own_o phrase_n be_v to_o help_v he_o out_o as_o he_o seldom_o be_v without_o a_o mouse_n and_o can_v find_v any_o difference_n in_o their_o qualification_n as_o mayor_n or_o by_o which_o they_o claim_v yet_o sure_o he_o will_v not_o find_v the_o difference_n between_o civil_a and_o religious_a qualification_n among_o they_o whatever_o qualification_n the_o mayor_n of_o a_o city_n may_v claim_v by_o they_o be_v all_o civil_a i_o trow_v ne_o do_v not_o mean_v i_o suppose_v that_o some_o of_o the_o mayor_n claim_v their_o toll_n etc._n etc._n under_o civil_a qualification_n and_o some_o under_o religious_a qualification_n â—f_n not_o how_o impertinent_a be_v it_o to_o the_o purpose_n how_o irrelative_a to_o the_o case_n in_o hand_n neither_o be_v what_o follow_v of_o any_o more_o force_n or_o any_o whit_n more_o to_o the_o purpose_n why_o say_v he_o ibid._n be_v not_o a_o religious_a office_n as_o endowable_a as_o a_o civil_a office_n sure_o his_o be_v a_o minister_n of_o christ_n make_v he_o not_o uncapable_a of_o a_o temporal_a right_n for_o st._n paul_n say_v the_o king_n be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o minister_n of_o god_n rom._n 13._o 4._o one_o being_n a_o minister_n of_o christ_n do_v not_o make_v he_o uncapable_a of_o a_o temporal_a right_n nor_o any_o whit_n more_o capable_a of_o a_o temporal_a right_n if_o he_o that_o be_v a_o minister_n of_o christ_n have_v right_a to_o a_o temporal_a estate_n patrimonial_a or_o other_o which_o he_o claim_v and_o hold_v in_o a_o civil_a capacity_n his_o be_v a_o minister_n of_o christ_n do_v not_o divest_v he_o of_o his_o right_n to_o that_o temporal_a estate_n as_o it_o will_v not_o invest_v he_o with_o such_o a_o right_n if_o he_o be_v not_o in_o such_o a_o civil_a capacity_n and_o under_o such_o a_o qualification_n as_o do_v entitle_v he_o to_o it_o thus_o we_o see_v many_o of_o the_o clergy_n have_v temporal_a estate_n which_o they_o claim_v and_o hold_v in_o a_o civil_a capacity_n as_o man_n under_o such_o civil_a qualification_n without_o any_o regard_n to_o their_o priestly_a function_n and_o in_o their_o enjoyment_n of_o those_o estate_n no_o man_n i_o suppose_v impugn_v they_o but_o to_o what_o end_n do_v the_o priest_n urge_v the_o word_n of_o st._n paul_n that_o the_o king_n be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o minister_n of_o god_n methinks_v he_o shall_v not_o mean_v that_o the_o king_n be_v the_o minister_n of_o god_n in_o the_o same_o sense_n wherein_o he_o himself_o pretend_v to_o be_v a_o minister_n of_o christ._n but_o if_o he_o will_v needs_o make_v the_o king_n a_o clergy_n man_n he_o may_v one_o will_v think_v have_v holpen_v he_o to_o a_o
who_o person_n as_o the_o latter_a priest_n say_v the_o master_n of_o the_o vineyard_n speak_v may_v do_v what_o he_o will_v with_o his_o own_o to_o who_o it_o be_v impossible_a to_o do_v amiss_o may_v every_o one_o therefore_o challenge_v to_o himself_o the_o same_o liberty_n and_o power_n that_o be_v not_o to_o make_v meâ—_n servant_n and_o steward_n to_o the_o great_a housholder_n but_o lord_n and_o master_n but_o aâ—_n to_o the_o case_n of_o tithe_n i_o have_v prove_v that_o ethelwolf_n in_o the_o settlement_n of_o tithe_n do_v that_o with_o his_o own_o which_o be_v evil_a in_o uphol_v a_o false_a religion_n which_o it_o more_o concern_v the_o priest_n to_o clear_v he_o from_o then_o thus_o without_o cause_n to_o cavil_v §_o 5._o in_o my_o answer_n to_o the_o friendly_a conference_n i_o say_v pag._n 323._o suppose_v that_o ethelwolf_n have_v a_o ample_a power_n of_o dispose_v what_o he_o please_v or_o that_o the_o people_n have_v by_o consent_n join_v with_o he_o in_o the_o donation_n every_o man_n according_a to_o the_o interest_n he_o have_v yet_o neither_o can_v he_o single_a nor_o he_o and_o they_o conjoin_v grant_v any_o more_o than_o belong_v to_o themselves_o this_o be_v too_o plain_a to_o be_v deny_v be_v ground_v on_o a_o firm_a maxim_n nemo_fw-la plus_fw-la juris_fw-la ad_fw-la alium_fw-la transfer_v potest_fw-la quam_fw-la ipse_fw-la haberet_fw-la i._n e._n no_o man_n can_v transfer_v more_o right_o to_o another_o than_o he_o himself_o have_v therefore_o they_o seek_v way_n to_o evade_v it_o the_o author_n of_o the_o conference_n say_v suppose_v i_o grant_v it_o whâ—â—_n then_o his_o parishioner_n answer_v in_o my_o name_n to_o make_v â—_o grant_v of_o the_o ten_o part_n forever_o be_v in_o his_o understanding_n utter_o 〈◊〉_d to_o reason_n the_o priest_n replieâ—_n be_v it_o reasonable_a whole_o to_o pass_v a_o estate_n from_o theâ—_n and_o their_o heir_n forever_o and_o yet_o repugnant_a to_o 〈…〉_z grant_v but_o a_o part_n of_o that_o estate_n forever_o by_o this_o i_o perceive_v he_o have_v teach_v his_o parishioner_n to_o use_v as_o little_a honesty_n as_o himself_o the_o parishioner_n have_v learn_v of_o the_o priest_n to_o chap_v and_o mangle_v sentence_n and_o cunning_o leave_v out_o what_o he_o like_v not_o he_o make_v i_o here_o say_v to_o make_v a_o grant_n of_o the_o ten_o 〈◊〉_d forever_o be_v in_o my_o understanding_n utter_o repugnant_a to_o reason_n this_o go_v clear_a with_o the_o priest_n as_o if_o i_o have_v say_v it_o be_v repugnant_a to_o reason_n to_o grant_v the_o ten_o part_n of_o a_o estate_n forever_o and_o according_o he_o argueâ—_n whereas_o i_o say_v plain_o they_o may_v have_v dispose_v of_o what_o part_n of_o the_o land_n they_o please_v they_o may_v have_v give_v the_o ten_o part_n of_o the_o land_n the_o ten_o acre_n etc._n etc._n but_o that_o which_o i_o say_v be_v to_o my_o understanding_n repugnant_a to_o reason_n justice_n and_o equity_n be_v for_o theâ—_n to_o make_v a_o grant_n of_o the_o ten_o part_n of_o the_o profit_n of_o the_o land_n forever_o these_o word_n of_o the_o profit_n of_o the_o land_n he_o leave_v out_o in_o recite_v my_o word_n thereby_o draw_v it_o from_o the_o profit_n of_o the_o land_n to_o the_o land_n itself_o which_o alter_v the_o case_n for_o as_o i_o show_v the_o profit_n of_o the_o land_n forever_o can_v not_o be_v say_v to_o belong_v to_o they_o because_o it_o depend_v on_o the_o stock_n labour_n etc._n etc._n of_o another_o which_o they_o have_v no_o interest_n in_o noâ—_n right_a unto_o but_o if_o the_o profit_n of_o the_o land_n forever_o do_v not_o belong_v to_o they_o and_o they_o have_v no_o power_n to_o grant_v any_o more_o than_o do_v belong_v to_o themselves_o it_o follow_v that_o they_o have_v no_o power_n to_o grant_v the_o tithe_n of_o the_o profit_n of_o the_o land_n forever_o they_o endeavour_v to_o weaken_v the_o force_n of_o this_o argument_n by_o compare_v tithe_n with_o a_o rent-charge_n urge_v that_o the_o owner_n may_v as_o well_o make_v a_o grant_n of_o tithe_n forever_o as_o set_v a_o rent-charge_n upon_o their_o land_n forever_o this_o the_o author_n of_o the_o of_o tytth_n rhgy_n talk_v much_o of_o and_o fill_v many_o page_n 〈◊〉_d in_o sect._n 30._o and_o 38._o shift_v the_o same_o matter_n into_o divers_a dress_n by_o variety_n of_o expression_n to_o make_v the_o fair_a show_n and_o great_a appearance_n of_o say_v something_o but_o he_o that_o shall_v impartial_o consider_v the_o nature_n of_o each_o will_v find_v a_o vast_a difference_n between_o a_o rent-charge_n and_o tithe_n for_o a_o rent-charge_n be_v pay_v by_o reason_n of_o the_o land_n on_o which_o it_o be_v charge_v which_o it_o be_v to_o be_v suppose_v â—e_n that_o charge_v it_o have_v at_o that_o time_n â—_o property_n in_o but_o tithe_n be_v not_o pay_v by_o reason_n of_o the_o land_n but_o by_o reason_n of_o the_o stock_n and_o labour_n etc._n etc._n employ_v thereon_o by_o he_o that_o occupy_v it_o which_o appear_v by_o this_o that_o they_o who_o have_v no_o land_n be_v as_o well_o charge_v with_o the_o payment_n of_o tithe_n out_o of_o the_o improvement_n or_o increase_n of_o their_o stock_n and_o labour_n in_o their_o trade_n and_o manual_a occupation_n as_o they_o be_v who_o occupy_v land_n so_o that_o tithe_n lie_v proper_o on_o the_o stock_n not_o on_o the_o land_n but_o a_o rent-charge_n lie_v proper_o on_o the_o land_n not_o on_o the_o stock_n and_o therefore_o although_o there_o shall_v be_v no_o increase_n at_o all_o no_o profit_n make_v no_o crop_n plant_v nor_o any_o thing_n renew_v upon_o the_o land_n yet_o the_o rent-charge_n must_v be_v pay_v because_o it_o be_v charge_v in_o consideration_n of_o the_o land_n itself_o but_o it_o be_v not_o so_o in_o the_o case_n of_o tithe_n if_o there_o be_v no_o increase_n no_o profit_n make_v no_o crop_n plant_v nor_o any_o thing_n renew_v upon_o the_o land_n no_o tithe_n can_v be_v demand_v because_o tithe_n be_v charge_v in_o consideration_n of_o the_o increase_n and_o improvement_n make_v of_o the_o stock_n and_o for_o the_o nonpayment_n of_o a_o rent-charge_n he_o on_o who_o it_o be_v settle_v may_v enter_v upon_o and_o possess_v the_o land_n which_o be_v charge_v with_o the_o payment_n of_o it_o but_o in_o the_o case_n of_o tithe_n it_o be_v otherwise_o for_o nonpayment_n of_o tithe_n he_o who_o claim_v they_o can_v enter_v upon_o or_o possess_v the_o land_n but_o be_v make_v whole_a out_o of_o the_o stock_n of_o the_o occupier_n all_o which_o demonstrate_v that_o it_o be_v the_o stock_n not_o the_o land_n of_o which_o the_o tithe_n be_v pay_v if_o a_o tradesman_n hold_v a_o â—arm_n as_o many_o dâ—_n and_o divide_v his_o 〈◊〉_d he_o 〈◊〉_d one_o part_n of_o it_o in_o his_o farm_n â—nd_v the_o other_o in_o hiâ—_n trade_n he_o be_v liable_a to_o the_o payment_n of_o tithe_n out_o oâ—_n each_o but_o if_o he_o shall_v draw_v his_o stock_n out_o of_o 〈◊〉_d farm_n and_o employ_v it_o all_o in_o his_o trade_n let_v his_o farm_n lie_v unstock_v and_o so_o receive_v no_o profit_n from_o it_o he_o will_v not_o be_v chargeable_a with_o tithe_n for_o his_o farm_n but_o only_o for_o the_o improvement_n of_o his_o stock_n 〈◊〉_d his_o trade_n yet_o if_o there_o be_v a_o rent-charge_n upon_o 〈◊〉_d farm_n he_o be_v chargeable_a with_o that_o nevertheless_o and_o liable_a to_o pay_v it_o whether_o he_o employ_v his_o farm_n or_o not_o whence_o it_o be_v still_o more_o evident_a that_o a_o rent-charge_n be_v a_o charge_n upon_o the_o land_n â—ot_n upon_o the_o stock_n and_o tithe_n be_v a_o charge_n upon_o the_o stock_n not_o upon_o the_o land_n though_o our_o ancestor_n have_v power_n to_o lay_v a_o rent-charge_n upon_o their_o own_o land_n in_o which_o they_o have_v a_o property_n yet_o they_o can_v not_o have_v power_n to_o grant_v tithe_n out_o of_o other_o man_n stock_n in_o which_o they_o have_v no_o property_n now_o since_o tithe_n be_v not_o the_o ten_o part_n of_o the_o land_n but_o the_o ten_o part_n of_o the_o increase_n of_o the_o stock_n howsoever_o employ_v whether_o upon_o land_n or_o otherwise_o and_o see_v the_o labour_n care_n skill_n industry_n and_o diligence_n of_o the_o occupant_a whether_o husband_n man_n or_o trades-man_n be_v involve_v and_o necessary_o include_v in_o the_o stock_n as_o instrumental_a mean_n and_o cause_n of_o produce_v the_o increase_n a_o perpetual_a grant_n of_o tithe_n imply_v a_o grant_n not_o only_o of_o other_o man_n stock_n in_o which_o the_o granter_n have_v no_o property_n but_o of_o other_o man_n labour_n care_n skill_n diligence_n and_o industry_n also_o long_o before_o they_o be_v beget_v upon_o which_o supposition_n all_o man_n but_o priest_n since_o ethelwolf_n time_n 〈◊〉_d be_v bear_v slave_n under_o a_o obligation_n to_o employ_v
their_o time_n pain_n industry_n and_o skill_n in_o work_v for_o the_o priest_n but_o whether_o it_o be_v rational_a to_o admit_v in_o ethelwolf_n or_o any_o other_o a_o power_n to_o impose_v the_o necessity_n of_o such_o a_o servile_a condition_n on_o their_o posterity_n let_v the_o free-spirited_n reader_n judge_n against_o this_o the_o priest_n object_n thus_o do_v not_o the_o raise_v the_o sum_n of_o money_n settle_v by_o rent-charge_n include_v the_o labour_n sweat_n care_n charge_n skill_n and_o industry_n of_o the_o husbandman_n as_o well_o as_o the_o prepare_n of_o tithe_n pag._n 168._o the_o case_n of_o a_o rent-charge_n even_o in_o this_o respect_n be_v great_o different_a from_o that_o of_o tithe_n for_o a_o rent-charge_n be_v a_o burden_n fix_v upon_o the_o land_n and_o according_a to_o the_o maxim_n the_o burden_n descend_v with_o the_o inheritance_n he_o that_o as_o the_o priest_n say_v pag._n 170._o will_n not_o have_v the_o encumbrance_n must_v not_o have_v the_o benefit_n he_o therefore_o to_o who_o such_o land_n descend_v on_o which_o the_o burden_n of_o a_o rent-charge_n lie_v find_v he_o can_v enjoy_v the_o land_n without_o perform_v the_o condition_n which_o be_v to_o pay_v the_o rent-charge_n subject_n himself_o unto_o the_o burden_n and_o that_o he_o may_v enjoy_v the_o estate_n undertake_v the_o performance_n of_o the_o condition_n which_o thus_o become_v his_o own_o act_n so_o that_o this_o man_n ancestor_n do_v not_o take_v upon_o they_o to_o give_v away_o his_o stock_n labour_n skill_n and_o industry_n for_o they_o only_o charge_v a_o burden_n on_o their_o own_o land_n which_o he_o be_v at_o liberty_n to_o take_v or_o leave_v but_o he_o himself_o give_v away_o his_o own_o stock_n â—abour_n skill_n and_o industry_n that_o he_o may_v enjoy_v the_o estate_n but_o it_o be_v far_o otherwise_o in_o the_o case_n of_o tithe_n for_o tithe_n though_o a_o burden_n and_o a_o grievous_a one_o too_o be_v not_o fix_v upon_o the_o land_n nor_o descend_v with_o the_o inheritance_n for_o they_o who_o have_v no_o land_n nor_o inheritance_n be_v liable_a if_o they_o have_v personal_a estate_n to_o pay_v tithe_n as_o well_o as_o they_o that_o have_v land_n and_o they_o that_o have_v land_n be_v not_o liable_a to_o pay_v tithe_n unless_o by_o employ_v a_o stock_n or_o personal_a estate_n upon_o they_o they_o make_v a_o increase_n or_o have_v something_o renew_v upon_o the_o land_n nay_o it_o have_v be_v hold_v possible_a so_o to_o order_v the_o matter_n as_o to_o reap_v the_o benefit_n of_o the_o land_n and_o yet_o 〈◊〉_d freâ—_n from_o the_o encumbrance_n of_o tithe_n however_o if_o 〈◊〉_d to_o who_o the_o land_n descend_v refuse_v to_o pay_v the_o tithe_n yet_o he_o be_v in_o no_o danger_n of_o lose_v the_o land_n so_o that_o he_o have_v not_o the_o land_n under_o condition_n of_o pay_v tithe_n 〈◊〉_d the_o other_o have_v under_o condition_n of_o pay_v a_o rent-charge_n &_o therefore_o neither_o needs_o nor_o do_v subject_n himself_o to_o the_o burden_n and_o encumbrance_n of_o tithe_n here_o theâ—_n in_o short_a lie_v the_o civil_a difference_n between_o a_o rent-charge_n and_o tithe_n a_o rent-charge_n be_v a_o burden_n charge_v upon_o the_o land_n tithe_n be_v a_o burdeâ—_n lie_v upon_o the_o stock_n a_o rent-charge_n be_v lay_v upon_o the_o land_n by_o they_o that_o have_v a_o just_a propriety_n therein_o tithe_n be_v lay_v upon_o the_o stock_n by_o they_o that_o have_v no_o propriety_n at_o all_o therein_o the_o stock_n and_o labour_n etc._n etc._n of_o the_o present_a possessor_n be_v not_o subject_v to_o the_o rent-charge_n unless_o by_o his_o own_o consent_n and_o undertake_n but_o the_o stock_n and_o labour_n etc._n etc._n of_o the_o present_a possessor_n be_v subject_v to_o the_o burden_n of_o tithe_n without_o his_o own_o consent_n or_o undertake_n yea_o against_o it_o by_o this_o it_o appear_v both_o that_o a_o rent-charge_n and_o tithe_n be_v very_o unlike_a and_o that_o it_o be_v utter_o repugnant_a to_o reason_n to_o suppose_v that_o ethelwolf_n and_o his_o people_n have_v power_n to_o load_v their_o posterity_n with_o the_o burden_n of_o tithe_n forever_o and_o indeed_o if_o we_o consider_v the_o practice_n of_o our_o ancestor_n in_o their_o donation_n of_o tithe_n we_o may_v find_v that_o they_o do_v not_o look_v upon_o tithe_n to_o be_v at_o all_o of_o the_o nature_n of_o a_o rent-charge_n for_o they_o take_v great_a care_n by_o legal_a settlement_n to_o secure_v and_o assure_v those_o rent-charge_n but_o make_v no_o provision_n for_o some_o hundred_o year_n for_o the_o payment_n of_o tithe_n save_v by_o ecclesiastical_a censure_n nor_o be_v the_o knâ—ck_n of_o sue_v for_o tithe_n in_o temporal_a court_n find_v out_o till_o oâ—_n late_a year_n which_o argue_v that_o as_o they_o give_v 〈…〉_z they_o intend_v the_o continuance_n of_o they_o shall_v have_v depend_v on_o devotion_n also_o he_o object_n again_o in_o pag._n 170._o that_o see_v the_o present_a possessor_n derive_v his_o right_n to_o his_o land_n from_o his_o forefather_n who_o may_v have_v sell_v off_o what_o part_n of_o the_o land_n they_o please_v and_o since_o they_o transmit_v it_o 〈◊〉_d â—ay_v they_o not_o leave_v a_o charge_n upon_o it_o and_o if_o the_o â—eir_n 〈◊〉_d not_o pay_v the_o charge_n he_o must_v renounce_v the_o land_n 〈◊〉_d as_o they_o may_v have_v sell_v off_o what_o part_n of_o the_o land_n they_o please_v so_o they_o may_v have_v lay_v a_o charge_n upon_o the_o land_n because_o the_o property_n of_o the_o land_n 〈◊〉_d in_o themselves_o but_o they_o can_v not_o have_v subject_v the_o stock_n and_o labour_n of_o the_o present_a occupant_n to_o that_o 〈◊〉_d because_o they_o have_v not_o a_o property_n in_o the_o stock_n and_o labour_n of_o the_o present_a occupant_n and_o though_o he_o say_v if_o the_o heir_n will_v not_o pay_v the_o charge_n he_o must_v renounce_v the_o land_n also_o yet_o in_o the_o case_n of_o tithe_n he_o know_v full_a well_o it_o be_v not_o so_o for_o if_o the_o heir_n will_v not_o pay_v tithe_n he_o be_v not_o bind_v to_o renounce_v the_o land_n nor_o do_v he_o forfeit_v it_o by_o the_o nonpayment_n of_o tithe_n but_o he_o possess_v and_o enjoy_v the_o land_n whether_o he_o pay_v tithe_n or_o no._n which_o show_v he_o do_v not_o receive_v the_o land_n under_o any_o condition_n of_o pay_v tithe_n for_o than_o he_o can_v not_o enjoy_v the_o land_n without_o perform_v the_o condition_n but_o he_o say_v pag._n 171._o the_o quaker_n argument_n be_v protestatio_fw-la contra_fw-la factum_fw-la i._n e._n a_o protestation_n against_o fact_n and_o so_o signify_v nothing_o at_o all_o it_o be_v a_o 〈◊〉_d to_o prove_v that_o can_v be_v do_v which_o be_v do_v as_o 〈◊〉_d in_o this_o as_o in_o the_o like_a â—ases_n and_o that_o ought_v not_o to_o 〈◊〉_d do_v which_o have_v be_v do_v a_o thousand_o time_n and_o 〈◊〉_d by_o the_o 〈◊〉_d of_o all_o christian_a law_n that_o 〈…〉_z nothing_o at_o all_o be_v more_o than_o i_o understand_v before_o the_o intent_n of_o my_o argument_n be_v not_o to_o prove_v that_o that_o câ—â—not_v be_v do_v which_o be_v do_v but_o that_o that_o shall_v not_o be_v do_v which_o be_v do_v or_o as_o his_o after_o word_n be_v that_o 〈◊〉_d not_o to_o be_v do_v which_o be_v do_v although_o it_o have_v be_v do_v ten_o thousand_o time_n and_o approve_a 〈…〉_z by_o such_o lawâ—_n as_o he_o for_o his_o profit_n sake_n will_v call_v christian._n §_o 6._o for_o want_v of_o strength_n of_o reason_n and_o force_v of_o argument_n he_o fall_v now_o to_o downright_o rail_a have_v a_o mind_n i_o suppose_v to_o try_v if_o he_o can_v daunt_v i_o with_o bluster_a word_n and_o therefore_o exhibit_v a_o charge_n against_o i_o of_o no_o leâ—s_a nature_n than_o blasphemy_n he_o ground_n it_o upon_o my_o say_n that_o for_o any_o one_o to_o tell_v i_o that_o ethelwolf_n or_o some_o other_o have_v give_v he_o my_o labour_n pain_n charge_n care_n skill_n industry_n diligence_n understanding_n etc._n etc._n seven_o or_o eight_o hundred_o year_n it_o may_v be_v before_o either_o he_o or_o i_o be_v bear_v be_v a_o thing_n most_o ridiculous_a and_o utter_o inconsistent_a with_o reason_n upon_o which_o he_o say_v pag._n 172._o it_o be_v no_o great_a wonder_n he_o shall_v call_v all_o man_n fool_n when_o as_o this_o blasphemous_a argument_n â—â—ies_v in_o the_o face_n of_o god_n himself_o who_o even_o by_o the_o quaker_n own_o confession_n in_o the_o levitical_a law_n do_v assume_v a_o power_n to_o enjoin_v all_o the_o owner_n of_o canaan_n to_o pay_v to_o the_o priest_n the_o ten_o part_n of_o those_o profit_n which_o do_v arise_v from_o their_o sweat_n and_o pain_n charge_n and_o care_n and_o that_o from_o one_o generation_n to_o another_o god_n say_v he_o do_v make_v over_o to_o his_o priest_n these_o ten_o of_o the_o
it_o be_v plain_a that_o by_o a_o estate_n of_o inheritance_n or_o freehold_n the_o statute_n here_o intend_v those_o tithe_n that_o then_o be_v or_o after_o shall_v come_v to_o be_v in_o the_o possession_n of_o layman_n and_o appropriate_v to_o temporal_a or_o lay_v use_n which_o imply_v it_o do_v not_o account_v tithe_n a_o estate_n of_o inheritance_n or_o freehold_n to_o the_o priest_n for_o then_o this_o distinction_n have_v be_v needless_a beside_o the_o statute_n say_v the_o person_n or_o person_n so_o despise_v etc._n etc._n their_o heir_n wife_n etc._n etc._n shall_v have_v remedy_n in_o the_o king_n be_v temporal_a court_n etc._n etc._n and_o among_o other_o writ_n by_o which_o they_o may_v proceed_v direct_v writ_n of_o dower_n all_o which_o have_v manifest_a relation_n to_o the_o impropriator_n titâ—e_n not_o to_o the_o priest_n for_o what_o priest_n as_o a_o priest_n can_v make_v his_o wife_n a_o dower_n of_o tithe_n or_o what_o have_v a_o priest_n heir_n or_o wife_n to_o do_v with_o tithe_n when_o he_o be_v dead_a but_o this_o priest_n will_v glad_o strengthen_v his_o claim_n by_o twist_v in_o the_o impropriator_n with_o it_o therefore_o he_o say_v pag._n 186._o those_o very_a law_n which_o make_v the_o alienation_n do_v not_o give_v the_o laiâ—y_a any_o other_o estate_n in_o tithe_n than_o such_o as_o the_o clergy_n have_v before_o and_o such_o â—s_v the_o rest_n of_o the_o clergy_n have_v then_o to_o the_o tithe_n remain_v in_o ecclesiastical_a hand_n this_o be_v disprove_v by_o a_o instance_n which_o himself_o give_v pag._n 185._o which_o be_v â—f_o a_o writ_n of_o dower_n of_o praedial_a tithe_n bring_v in_o the_o countess_n of_o oxford_n '_o s_o case_n 5._o jacob_n by_o which_o it_o appear_v that_o tithe_n be_v settle_v in_o dower_n upon_o that_o countess_n as_o he_o style_v she_o which_o they_o can_v not_o have_v be_v if_o her_o husband_n have_v not_o have_v another_o estate_n in_o tithe_n than_o such_o as_o the_o clergy_n then_o have_v or_o now_o have_v for_o no_o body_n i_o suppose_v â—â—magins_v that_o the_o clergy_n have_v such_o a_o estate_n in_o tithe_n as_o by_o virtue_n of_o which_o they_o can_v settle_v tithe_n in_o 〈◊〉_d upon_o their_o wife_n he_o that_o will_v take_v the_o pain_n to_o consult_v that_o statute_n 32_o h._n 8._o 7._o will_v find_v that_o what_o it_o speak_v of_o estate_n of_o inheritance_n freehold_a etc._n etc._n have_v respect_n to_o layman_n not_o to_o the_o clergy_n for_o although_o in_o the_o second_o and_o last_o paragrapâ—s_n where_o it_o direct_v the_o remedy_n for_o recovery_n of_o tithe_n in_o case_n of_o substraction_n or_o detention_n thereof_o it_o express_o mention_n ecclesiastical_a as_o well_o as_o lay_v person_n restrain_v the_o remedy_n for_o both_o to_o ecclesiastical_a court_n and_o law_n yet_o in_o the_o seven_o paragraph_n where_o a_o estate_n of_o inheritance_n or_o freehold_n in_o tithe_n be_v speak_v of_o there_o be_v no_o mention_n make_v or_o notice_n take_v of_o the_o clergy_n not_o a_o word_n of_o any_o ecclesiastical_a person_n but_o those_o term_n estate_n of_o inheritance_n freehold_n etc._n etc._n be_v express_o there_o apply_v to_o such_o tithe_n etc._n etc._n as_o then_o be_v or_o shall_v afterward_o be_v make_v temporal_a or_o admit_v to_o be_v abaid_z and_o go_v to_o or_o in_o temporal_a hand_n and_o lay_v use_n and_o profit_n etc._n etc._n and_o in_o case_n of_o diâ—â—elsure_n of_o such_o estate_n of_o inheritance_n freehold_n etc._n etc._n the_o remedy_n be_v not_o restrain_v to_o the_o eccesiastical_a court_n as_o in_o the_o other_o case_n wherein_o ecclesiastical_a person_n be_v concern_v but_o leave_v to_o the_o king_n be_v temporal_a court_n from_o all_o which_o i_o gather_v that_o those_o word_n in_o the_o statute_n estate_n of_o inheritance_n frâ—â—hold_n etc._n etc._n have_v no_o relation_n at_o all_o to_o the_o clergy_n noâ—_n do_v any_o way_n concern_v ecclesiastical_a person_n but_o be_v insert_v purposely_o for_o the_o sake_n of_o those_o â—ay-persons_n into_o who_o hand_n such_o estate_n be_v then_o already_o come_v or_o likely_a to_o come_v and_o that_o the_o lawmaker_n than_o do_v understand_v the_o laity_n to_o have_v another_o estate_n in_o tithe_n then_o the_o clergy_n have_v the_o author_n of_o the_o conference_n in_o his_o vindication_n pag._n 316._o have_v another_o trick_n to_o prove_v tithe_n a_o freehold_a and_o that_o be_v this_o he_o ask_v his_o parishioner_n who_o elect_v the_o parliament-man_n that_o serve_v for_o the_o county_n the_o parishoner_v answer_n the_o freeholders_n and_o do_v you_o never_o say_v he_o see_v clergy_n man_n vote_n enter_v at_o one_o of_o those_o election_n yes_o many_o a_o time_n quoth_v the_o parishioner_n that_o very_a thing_n reply_v he_o prove_v they_o freeholders_n but_o by_o his_o leave_n the_o prove_v some_o priest_n freeholders_n do_v not_o prove_v tithe_n a_o freehold_n many_o of_o the_o priest_n have_v temporal_a estate_n land_n of_o inheritance_n or_o purchase_n which_o give_v they_o a_o right_n of_o suffrage_n in_o such_o election_n but_o than_o it_o must_v be_v consider_v that_o in_o such_o case_n though_o they_o be_v clergy_n man_n they_o do_v not_o vote_n as_o clergy_n man_n but_o as_o man_n possess_v of_o such_o temporal_a estate_n or_o freehold_n beâ—ides_n most_o of_o the_o priest_n have_v gâ—ebe-lands_n which_o may_v with_o less_o repugnancy_n to_o reason_n be_v call_v a_o freehold_a than_o tithe_n and_o this_o priest_n have_v not_o express_v upon_o which_o of_o these_o consideration_n it_o be_v that_o his_o clergyman_n vote_n be_v enter_v now_o if_o he_o intend_v to_o have_v proveâ—_n by_o this_o medium_fw-la that_o tithe_n be_v a_o freehold_n to_o the_o clergy_n he_o shall_v have_v demonstrate_v that_o every_o priest_n that_o take_v tithe_n be_v thereby_o enable_v to_o give_v a_o voice_n in_o the_o election_n of_o parliament_n man_n which_o if_o they_o be_v not_o it_o be_v ratheâ—_n a_o argument_n against_o he_o then_o for_o he_o and_o show_v that_o tithe_n be_v not_o a_o freehold_a to_o the_o clergy_n but_o of_o that_o let_v lawyer_n â—udge_v i_o only_o add_v that_o as_o the_o priest_n be_v unlike_o the_o minister_n of_o the_o gospel_n in_o take_v tithe_n at_o all_o so_o they_o be_v much_o more_o unlike_o they_o in_o claim_v a_o legal_a property_n and_o freehold_n therein_o and_o if_o tithe_n may_v in_o any_o notion_n of_o law_n be_v call_v a_o freehold_n they_o be_v as_o i_o say_v in_o my_o former_a book_n pag._n 331._o such_o a_o freehold_n as_o holdâ—_n the_o great_a part_n of_o the_o nation_n in_o bondage_n â—ut_v he_o be_v angry_a that_o i_o say_v these_o statute_n foâ—_n tithe_n be_v ground_v on_o a_o false_a supposition_n that_o tithe_n be_v due_a to_o god_n and_o holy_a church_n this_o he_o call_v a_o repeat_n of_o old_a baffle_a falsehood_n pag._n 188._o and_o say_v he_o have_v prove_v this_o be_v a_o true_a supposition_n and_o maintain_v by_o the_o primitive_a orthodox_n father_n add_v that_o nothing_o be_v more_o false_a than_o my_o say_n this_o be_v a_o doctrine_n pure_o popish_a and_o hatch_v at_o rome_n he_o leave_v out_o and_o here_o preach_v up_o with_o thunder_a excommunication_n by_o the_o l_o open_v emmissary_n and_o agent_n which_o he_o know_v can_v not_o be_v deny_v and_o woâ—ld_v hâ—lp_v to_o discover_v where_o the_o doctrine_n be_v hatch_v however_o he_o make_v the_o validity_n and_o force_n oâ—_n the_o statute_n to_o depend_v on_o the_o truth_n of_o this_o supposition_n that_o tithe_n be_v due_a to_o god_n and_o holy_a church_n for_o he_o say_v since_o these_o statute_n be_v ground_v on_o a_o primitive_a and_o protestant_n doctrine_n thâ—_n statute_n be_v therefore_o good_a pag._n 89._o but_o by_o the_o rule_n of_o contrary_n if_o these_o statute_n be_v not_o ground_v on_o a_o primitive_a and_o protestant_n doctrine_n the_o statute_n be_v not_o therefore_o good_a now_o that_o this_o doctrine_n of_o tithe_n be_v due_a to_o god_n and_o holy_a church_n be_v not_o a_o primitive_a doctrine_n appear_v in_o that_o therâ—_n be_v no_o mention_n of_o this_o doctrine_n in_o any_o of_o the_o write_n of_o the_o new-testament_n wherein_o the_o primitive_a doctrine_n of_o christianity_n be_v deliver_v this_o doctrine_n be_v no_o where_o there_o to_o be_v find_v nor_o iâ—_n the_o more_o simple_a and_o leâ—s_v corrupt_v age_n of_o the_o church_n and_o near_o to_o the_o apostle_n time_n be_v this_o doctrine_n receive_v but_o in_o the_o more_o distant_a age_n from_o the_o apostle_n when_o the_o church_n become_v great_o corrupt_v both_o in_o doctrine_n and_o practice_n spring_v up_o this_o doctrine_n of_o tithe_n be_v due_a to_o god_n and_o holy_a church_n and_o may_v true_o be_v reckon_v among_o those_o doctrine_n and_o superstitious_a practice_n which_o by_o the_o corruption_n of_o time_n have_v prevail_v in_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n contrary_a
profit_n who_o have_v be_v dead_a above_o 800._o year_n before_o these_o profit_n be_v in_o be_v beside_o those_o 200._o man_n who_o david_n leave_v at_o the_o brook_z besâ—r_n be_v not_o like_o any_o of_o the_o lazy_a clergy_n that_o through_o pride_n or_o idleness_n refuse_v to_o work_v expect_v to_o be_v maintain_v by_o other_o man_n labour_n but_o thâ—y_n be_v fellow-soldier_n with_o the_o other_o 400._o that_o go_v a_o part_n of_o the_o same_o army_n engage_v in_o the_o same_o service_n and_o set_v forward_o with_o the_o rest_n in_o the_o same_o expedition_n and_o go_v on_o together_o as_o far_o as_o they_o werâ—_n able_a but_o have_v spend_v their_o strength_n in_o the_o three_o day_n march_v from_o aphek_n to_o ziklag_n before_o and_o now_o again_o in_o a_o hot_a pursuit_n of_o the_o amalekite_n they_o faint_v on_o the_o way_n and_o can_v not_o go_v over_o the_o brook_n besor_n and_o therefore_o be_v fain_o to_o abide_v there_o how_o unlike_a be_v this_o to_o the_o case_n of_o these_o lordly_a priest_n and_o how_o irrelative_a to_o the_o present_a purpose_n but_o say_v the_o priest_n final_o will_n t._n e._n say_v it_o be_v oppression_n in_o the_o priest_n to_o take_v his_o full_a ten_o and_o make_v the_o countryman_n no_o satisfaction_n for_o his_o pain_n if_o this_o be_v oppression_n then_o god_n be_v the_o author_n according_a to_o t._n e._n and_o thâ—_n levites_n the_o instrument_n of_o oppression_n since_o they_o be_v order_v to_o take_v the_o full_a ten_o without_o any_o compensation_n pag._n 217._o that_o do_v not_o follow_v nor_o can_v be_v fair_o infer_v unless_o the_o priest_n now_o be_v under_o the_o same_o circumstance_n that_o the_o levite_n be_v under_o unless_o england_n be_v as_o fruitful_a as_o be_v the_o land_n of_o canaan_n unless_o our_o law_n and_o polity_n be_v the_o same_o with_o they_o and_o unless_o we_o have_v as_o plain_a and_o positive_a a_o command_n to_o pay_v tithe_n as_o the_o jew_n have_v tithe_n be_v suit_v to_o the_o 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